Explorer_PL
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This a weird one but probably simple once I figure out what happened.
Yesterday morning it was in the teens, windy and cold so the engine was cold after sitting outside whole night.
I attempted to remote start it, it cranked for 2 sec as it is supposed to and stopped since the engine did not start at that time. After few seconds, second attempt, cranked it but again no start. I run out of the house, and stepped on brake pedal to stop the cycle, and at that point I thought I would just started with a key. It happened in the past. But it did not start with the key either. It cranked for several seconds and no go.
My first thought was the fuel pump. I disconnected the fuel line at the rail, stuck the end of it into an empty soda bottle and cranked it. It filled it with few ounces of fuel so the pump was good. So I moved to inspect any fuses or relays related to start/run/ignition but all were good.
I pulled one of the spark plugs, and tested it for spark and there was no spark while cranking so I knew I was not getting sparks on all of them.
I do not know what prompted me to pull the high current fuse # 7 for PCM and swap it with # 6 ABS pump next to it that was also 40 amp fuse. The car started immediately. Both fuses looked good, so I swapped them back and the car started again no problem.
I am trying to understand what I "fixed".
Did I reset somehow the PCM by pulling that fuse, or it did not have good connection and I just wiggled it and seated better? But if was sitting tight in there from the beginning.....
Did the remote start put the car in some type of safe mode when it did not start the first time ?
Any ideas Sherlocks
?
Yesterday morning it was in the teens, windy and cold so the engine was cold after sitting outside whole night.
I attempted to remote start it, it cranked for 2 sec as it is supposed to and stopped since the engine did not start at that time. After few seconds, second attempt, cranked it but again no start. I run out of the house, and stepped on brake pedal to stop the cycle, and at that point I thought I would just started with a key. It happened in the past. But it did not start with the key either. It cranked for several seconds and no go.
My first thought was the fuel pump. I disconnected the fuel line at the rail, stuck the end of it into an empty soda bottle and cranked it. It filled it with few ounces of fuel so the pump was good. So I moved to inspect any fuses or relays related to start/run/ignition but all were good.
I pulled one of the spark plugs, and tested it for spark and there was no spark while cranking so I knew I was not getting sparks on all of them.
I do not know what prompted me to pull the high current fuse # 7 for PCM and swap it with # 6 ABS pump next to it that was also 40 amp fuse. The car started immediately. Both fuses looked good, so I swapped them back and the car started again no problem.
I am trying to understand what I "fixed".
Did I reset somehow the PCM by pulling that fuse, or it did not have good connection and I just wiggled it and seated better? But if was sitting tight in there from the beginning.....
Did the remote start put the car in some type of safe mode when it did not start the first time ?
Any ideas Sherlocks
?
