Starting Issues
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Starting Issues
Hi All.
There are numerous resources on this forum all excellent btw. My specfic problems include my car not starting.
Before I would try and crank and there was no thing or it would take about 5-10 mins to start. I unplugged the battery for a while and tried again and it started. I got out to lock the door and it wouldn't crank. Any suggestions to get her running again.
Battery is good.
Not sure about starter
Not sure about fuel pump
Some diagnostic help would be great.
Thanks in advance.
There are numerous resources on this forum all excellent btw. My specfic problems include my car not starting.
Before I would try and crank and there was no thing or it would take about 5-10 mins to start. I unplugged the battery for a while and tried again and it started. I got out to lock the door and it wouldn't crank. Any suggestions to get her running again.
Battery is good.
Not sure about starter
Not sure about fuel pump
Some diagnostic help would be great.
Thanks in advance.
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you dont have to start the car. just get a gauge as described in the video, hook it up to the fuel rail, turn on the ignition, DONOT start the car. just turn the key to the III position and get the reading. the gauge should read 39-45 psi. here is a link. you can get it from any autostore, you can return it after using it if you want to.
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yea pressure is probably very low. it should gush out real hard when the rail is pressed. but a gauge will give you an accurate measure on the pressure. turn on ignition and try pressing on the rail again and see if it gushes out. also turn the key to position III and check for humming sound at the trunk. make sure the fuel pump is working
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When you listened for the fuel pump was it right when you turned the key to "on/run" ? The system only runs for a couple seconds to pressurize the fuel rail and them shuts down. If you turned it on and them walked back to the trunk it would have run and shut down normally by then.
Have you checked for spark yet ??
IMHO ... From your description I'd check for spark before you start trying to point to the fuel pump or fuel pump relay.
Have you checked for spark yet ??
IMHO ... From your description I'd check for spark before you start trying to point to the fuel pump or fuel pump relay.
Last edited by Kiss4aFrog; 05-04-2013 at 08:38 PM.
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May must be Volvo not starting month! same problem with my 94 N/A drove home from work Friday car sat all weekend went to start Monday and I get it to crank and wanting to start but no fire! So far I have have check for spark, timing belt, timing, fuel pump relay and test the camshaft position sensor and from what I could tell was reading .3v instead of .5v with my cheap multimeter. So I assume that is where my problem lies either that or not enough fuel pressure.
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