anyone else's LT1 wont start after the hurricain?

Hey guys...anyone know whats wrong with my car..Parked it at the Hotel and had it sit there for 2 days while the storm blew over..it didnt get flooded and it was running fine on Friday and today Mon. It would not start...I know alot of rain and wind were dumped on it?? could of it got into the engine??? and if so the opti??? I just had the opti fixed...and now this?? :mad:

It turns over but it sounds like no spark...??

drained battery?


fried the starter or it's just wet.

dave u gots to be kiddin me! whatever it is i hope u get it fixed. good luck. i seriously hope it is not ur opti.
have u tried to jump it? maybe it will be an easy fix! maybe u left the dome light on or something!

nope not the battery it was good..coil maybee?? but this is rediculous..the battery was fine..

take the cap off the fuel rail, and see if gas squirts out, tells you if the pump is running, and the fuel filter is not clogged.

if you lay underneath & hear pump run, filter may be clogged.

then pull a plug wire & do the screwdriver/spark thing.

on second thought, might do the spark before the gas....yikes...

if you just did the Opti, check over all the wires, esp on the coil.

hth?

filter was just done in the fall last yr... the pump is running I can smell unburt gas comming out of the pipe..

its gotta be something electrical..the wind and rain must of gotten up in there quite a bit and just soaked something..or it could be the coil but who knows...an adjustor is going to come out and take a look at it...

Mine wouldn't start either...but now my car hates starting when it rains. Its my opti I believe, but I hope it not yours again.

is it just cranking and not starting???

Step 1. Connect a spark plug tester to a spark plug wire and check for spark while an assistant is cranking the engine. Check each plug independantly. this checks for open spark plug wires. Spark in one or more than one wire
indicates the problem is in spark plug wires or optispark.
If no spark exists, go to step 2.

Step 2. Check for spark at the coil wire with the spark tester while cranking the engine. A spark indicates the problem is in the distributer (optispark). If no spark go to step 3.

Step3. Perform check on ignition coil.
a: Unplug coil electrical connector and check pink
wire for 12v. If power go to b.
b. using ohmeter low scale, hook up the leads to
the primary terminals on the ignition coil.
Should indicate very low resistance. If not,
replace coil.
c. Using the high scale, hook up one lead to the
primary terminal, the other to the secondary
terminal. Should not read infinite resistance. If
it does, replace coil.

Step 4. Disconnect the ignition module connector and with the key on, check voltage at terminals A and D on the harness side of the connector. (pink/black and white/black wires) If under 10 volts check for faulty circuit from the ignition module to the coil or check for grounded external coil circuit. If 10 volts or more, change the voltmeter to a/c
scale and measure voltage on terminal B while engine is
cranking. (white wire). If 0 volts, Have ECM checked. If 1-
4 volts, with the key off, disconnect the module
connector. Install a LED type test light on the positive
battery terminal and probe terminal C on the harness side of the connector (black wire). The light should illuminate.
If not, check ground wire in the harness to the module. If the test light is on, go to step 5.

Step 5. Remove the coil wire from the coil and ground it to the frame. Connect LED test light into the optispark harness connector red wire terminal C. The harness connector that you will use is located on the passenger side of the engine up near the fuel rail. You will need to insert a back probe pin into terminal C. If the test light flashes when an assistant cranks the engine, the optispark is suspect. If no flashes, replace the ignition module.
If the above tests results are correct and there is still no
start, it is tough to to tell the difference between a faulty module or optispark.
Module = Cheap$$, optispark=moderate $$$.

cool, thanks for the help..but one thing would this be caused by bad weather like rain..something going out like that???
The opti was replaced not even 3 months ago...and Im just wondering how much water got in the engine bay to make things go out like that...

Haven't tried yet ... everytime it starts it's a miracle

okay update:

my fiance started the car at her job...it ran and was running like no problem...she drove it out of the parking lot and went about a mile and it just dies...she said it sounds like its trying to start..but wont and she smells gas..I asked her if it ran fine..she said yea nothing was wrong it was running great..no hesitation at all..then she said when she started acceleration it started bucking and then died...???

by the way shes stuck on the road right now..with the car..and I have no car to pick her up in...

I presume everyone got home okay? I would've helped had I been on the board last night.

I sold my LT1 before I had the opticrap die on me, but I did have similar symptoms about a month ago on my LS1 when one of the wires attached to the alternator worked itself loose and was causing an intermittent connection with the battery. All the gauges are reading in an acceptable range?

hey, yes she got home alright...had to call her parents..didnt want to do it but....guages are reading normally...

they jumped it 3 times to get it in a parking lot..it would run for about 5-10 seconds and then die..or so she tells me..

Mine cranks over...but wont turn sometimes. It happens all the time when it rains now, happened this morning too. It always starts after a minute though. It starts perfectly fine when its dry out though :)

since this thread has somthing to do with all this occuring cuz of the rain!, i believe i will chime in as well :) i have had my ses light come on a few times in the last few weeks, and i think i have figured it out! everytime it rains it comes on, then about 2 days after that it goes away! dont know what the problem is, but i know it is associated with the rain :mad:
good luck dave maybe it is a loose battery wire, or bad ground! but if it is ur opti, is it still under warranty? later

Howdy all,
I lived in Okinawa, Japan for 4 years and saw my share of typhoons. Afterwards, there was a line of people at the car shops getting new batteries. Several times I was there with them. Not sure why, but the big storms drain them.