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9-3 won't start...just cranks and cranks and cranks....
Posted by AlexA (more from AlexA) on Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:22:51
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Hi guys...
Car: '99 9-3 2.0 turbo (T5, Red DI car), 130k miles
The other day, after trying to start my car back up at the supermarket, it cranked, almost started, stumbled, and then refused to restart. It willjust perpetually crank.
-I tried a spare DI cassette I had (albeit a black on - but I did test black one on my car when I got it and it ran). No dice w/ the backup DI. I then borrowed someone's spare black DI, in case my spare black DI somehow went bad. Also no dice. The current red DI in the car is the car's 3rd. One died at 60k, and the next one died at 90k. Car now has 130k.
-I don't think I heard the fuel pump prime, however, I only made it a point to listen for this after I had already cranked it a lot. I'm not sure if it would prime every single time. I pried the plastic cover off that hole under the rear seat. After a lot of cranking, I smelled fuel from there. Not sure if this means the pump is working, or if it always smells like fuel there. I'll smell it tomorrow morning before I try to crank it and see what it normally smells like. Also, banging on fuel tank while cranking had no effect.
Any other possibilities it could be, or any simple driveway diagnosis I could try before I resort to having it towed to my mechanic?
Thanks guys!!
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Posts in this Thread:
- 9-3 won't start...just cranks and cranks and cranks...., AlexA, Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:22:51 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: 9-3 won't start...just cranks and cranks and cranks...., dani, Sat, 27 Aug 2011 10:11:37
- Update..., AlexA, Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:45:12
- Do you have auto or manuel tranny?, Rich, Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:25:13
- Sounds like the fuel pump, 93Gator, Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:25:02
- Re: 9-3 won't start...just cranks and cranks and cranks...., Herman, Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:35:05
- Re: 9-3 won't start...just cranks and cranks and cranks...., nell, Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:24:50
- Re: 9-3 won't start...just cranks and cranks and cranks...., Jack Mazurak, Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:24:32
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