Hello- Here are a few things to check on your GTV6:
I have had a hard time starting GTV6's when you have fired them up and run them for a very short time, then shut them down. I have always been able to get them to start, though. You might have fouled your plugs. A fresh set might be a good idea-though I know what a pain changing #6 can be. This sort of depends on how old yours are. Make sure your battery is fully charged. On occasion, a weak battery will crank the car, but you'll drop below the threshold voltage for the ECU to operate, but in general, L-jet is pretty robust. I'd do the simple stuff first (which you probably already have): check the king lead between the coil and distributor, make sure the Hall sensor plug is seated at the distributor, pop off the distributor cap, make sure the rotor is ok. The combo relay is on the passenger side of the engine compartment, on the firewall. It has two plugs going into it. It is worth giving all that a wiggle. Pull a spark plug and look at it. I recommend #4, since it is pretty easy to get to. Ideally do this shortly after trying to start it. If it is wet with fuel, please go to "Ignition" below. If it is not, or you cannot tell, then go to "fuel" below. 1) Fuel: Using the AFM flapper to test the fuel pump is good, but there is a little potential gotcha here: During startup, the combo relay is first energized when the starter is cranked, and then the continued operation of the fuel pump is handled by the air flow meter flapper switch. Now, after you run the fuel pump for about 30 seconds, immediately put the air box back together and try to start the car. If it starts, or even tries to start, then the connection between the starter and the combo relay is likely fouled up. The residual fuel rail pressure is sometimes enough to get the car to start. If this is the case, give me a call and I can walk you through what to do next. 2) Ignition: One way to test the spark is with an old spark plug, and some wire. Pull the spark plug wire off a plug, and connect it to your old (or new) spark plug. Strip the insulation off the wire and wrap it around the threaded part. Connect the other end to ground. In a perfect world, you will have enough slack to place your spark plug someplace that you can see it while you crank the car. Please do not hold it in your hand, or let anyone else do this. You should see a nice hot spark in the plug when you crank the car. If not, then I would check the distributor with a voltmeter, to make sure 12V is getting to it. If you've got no spark, give me a call, and we can go through that, too. Hope that helps- Al Mitchell Smithfield, VA 757-243-4933 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390707/direct/01/ -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
