Old Oct 3, 2022 | 07:23 PM
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Default Re: Intermittent non starting 2005 Crossfire New Zealand right hand drive

Originally Posted by pizzaguy
You need ignition and fuel and air for the car to start. Air is the easy part, what is questionable is if you have ignition and fuel.
I remember driving a '77 straight-6 250 CI Chevy Nova as a kid on about a 13 hour/700 mile trip. It started having problems and loss of power up hills and I limped up an exit in the middle of nowhere on I-80 across PA and found an auto repair place at like 1AM. I parked there in the lot and slept in the back bench seat until the next day. I knew I had air, I knew I had spark as I tested for that... Next day the place opens and I wake up from the back seat out from under my blanket (ALWAYS KEPT A BLANKET IN ANY CAR ON ANY LONG TRIP) and the mechanic I walked up to said the same thing... AIR, SPARK, FUEL. He said ya got spark and air but no fuel. He found a tiny clogged fuel filter in the old 2 barrel carb I think it was in that thing. I think he charged me $5 to find the problem and change out that tiny filter. That was just good people taking care of good people I say. Lotsa good people here on this forum too.

Pizza and Graphite are right... Buy a new RCM and plug that in and see if the problem is fixed. If not, you are gonna want to keep a new RCM in the car all the time anyway as most do. I also keep a spare crankshaft position sensor and a spare camshaft position sensor around. I'd put those 2 in the in the car for any long trip to have them on hand in case of a breakdown where I don't have all my tools and it could take a shop a few days to get one in if that's the problem.
 

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