My "winter" beater that I bought, A nice 1994 Grand Prix, decided on Sat night(after driving all day) not to start. So, I left it and waited two hours for a cab.($30) I got hold of a buddy who drove me to the car, and Nuthing, turns over, but won't catch. HMMM, OK, I call a tow truck ($100)and have him pick it up(from a parkade) and take it to Canadian Tire(where I used to work) Call there and talk to my buddy that works there(a Mechanic) tell him what it did or didn't do. He says he'll have a look and give me a call. He just phoned and said they pushed the car in and he tried starting it to see what it was doing....The car starts right up. He shuts it off, uses the Remote start, and It starts right up. He tells me I'm nuts because theres nothing wrong with it. He says the thing starts and runs great. Oh yeah, I didn't go to work today, so thats more money out of my pocket for my lovely $200 Grand Prix. Just thought I'd share this with you...LOL It got up to -23 today, and the wind chill warning is gone. Supposed to warm up to -11 tomorro, but then drop again thru the rest of the week
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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari 1960 Laurentian Safari 1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped) 2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD 2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD) 1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD
1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari 1960 Laurentian Safari 1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped) 2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD 2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD) 1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD
It's probably the remote starter thats giving you the grief!
Thats what I think as well. Both the headlights and taillights are on when the car is started, I have no control to turn them off(until the car is shut off) Also have no Dash lights at all. Thinking maybe a wire is crossed somewhere.
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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari 1960 Laurentian Safari 1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped) 2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD 2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD) 1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD
I'd say its the remote starter. I had an identical problem with my 1998 Chev 1/2 ton V6. Pulled the cheap remote starter out and haven't had a starting problem since.
Yup, Cranked over just fine, but wouldn't even try to catch , almost like no spark/no fuel
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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari 1960 Laurentian Safari 1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped) 2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD 2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD) 1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD
Check with the guy you bought the car off of. I bet he had this problem before.
Yeah, Was gonna phone him yesterday, but now hes out of town til the weekend
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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari 1960 Laurentian Safari 1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped) 2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD 2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD) 1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD
YUP, $200, but its been great...SO FAR..LOL And I thought that Remote starter was such a bonus. HA!
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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari 1960 Laurentian Safari 1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped) 2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD 2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD) 1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD
May go buy a 92 Blazer (full size) that I've had my eye on...LOL
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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari 1960 Laurentian Safari 1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped) 2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD 2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD) 1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD
Guy at work has a 2001 Regal that was bought used with an aftermarket remote start. Had all kinds of intermittent and mysterious starting/stalling issues. Eventually had it diagnosed by a dealer, complete nightmare hack job on the dash harness. Cost him $800 to sort it out.
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65 Laurentian post, 67 Grande Parisienne 4 door HT.
most of those remote starters are poorly installed. could also be an intermittent fuel pump. the tow ride might have jarred it into running again. if it no starts again, check for spark, listen for the pump cycle before cranking it. a good smack on the bottom of the fuel tank will sometimes get them running again.
Thought it was going to be the fuel pump, couldn't hear it when I was trying to start it, that night. Had an 88 GMC that I had to do that smacking the tank on...It only worked twice though. Then I had to change it.
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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari 1960 Laurentian Safari 1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped) 2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD 2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD) 1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD
Thought it was going to be the fuel pump, couldn't hear it when I was trying to start it, that night. Had an 88 GMC that I had to do that smacking the tank on...It only worked twice though. Then I had to change it.
Yes, if you can't hear it then you have likely figured it out. Make sure you check the wiring before you replace the pump. I had a customer buy a nice expensive one off me for his Tahoe, replace it, still no start. Bad wiring....
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars (now converted to a "factory" 4 speed)
Thought it was going to be the fuel pump, couldn't hear it when I was trying to start it, that night. Had an 88 GMC that I had to do that smacking the tank on...It only worked twice though. Then I had to change it.
Yes, if you can't hear it then you have likely figured it out. Make sure you check the wiring before you replace the pump. I had a customer buy a nice expensive one off me for his Tahoe, replace it, still no start. Bad wiring....
Just had the same thing on my '88 GTA. Thought it was the pump as it wasn't running, turned out to be a broken wire. Found this out after dropping the tank and putting a new pump on.
Well just got home from the Tire....Nope, not fixed. Mechanic was gone home and they were ready to close up. I got my keys and went outside, and wow, it turns over like crazy, but no start. Went back in, and the Asst Service Manager came out and listened. Its booked in again for tomorro.
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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari 1960 Laurentian Safari 1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped) 2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD 2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD) 1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD
The 3.1L had some issues with the crank sensor causing a no start or stall and no start, very tempeture related, But usually fails when hot. But ya they need to see if it has spark and fuel pressure before replacing a bunch of stuff.
Did it purr like a kitten until now? The reason I ask is we have seen where they have a miss (bad coil) and that seems to burn out the ignition module if it's run with the miss for very long.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars (now converted to a "factory" 4 speed)
Did it purr like a kitten until now? The reason I ask is we have seen where they have a miss (bad coil) and that seems to burn out the ignition module if it's run with the miss for very long.
Ran perfectly smooth, never an issue with the way it ran, and never a problem starting.
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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari 1960 Laurentian Safari 1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped) 2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD 2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD) 1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD
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