Just installed UD crank pulley last weekend. The car started and ran great for a few miles until it just died. The belt was slipping and not allowing the alternator to turn at appropriate speed. It started right up again and I was able to drive it home by keeping the rpm's up enough to charge. Today, I swapped the belt for a shorter one and the car just will not start. I tried jumping it off of my Toyota thinking maybe the battery voltage was just too low. The battery is only about 2 years old. It cranks over fine. When I turn the key to the "on" position, I can hear the fuel pump pressurizing the system, so I don't think that it is that. Just did a tune up about 2 years ago, approx 1,800 miles since then.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

Why the identical threads?

http://web.camaross.com/forums/showthread.php?t=393054

 

New to the forum and just hoping that someone would see it sooner if I posted again today.

Just rechecked everything this morning and there are no loose electrical connections or anything. Is there a crank position sensor on the 95 LT1? If so where is it and could this be the problem?

 

No. No CPS until 96.

So now it just keeps cranking or what? is it a slow crank

 

When it is cranking, it sounds normal but just doesn't start. Normally it would start as soon as I would hit the key.

It is just strange that when I backed it in the garage, It would shut off and start just fine, just had to keep the rpm's up. The car sat for a week until I had a chance to get the shorter belt, and now it doesn't hit at all.

 

Will a TPS keep the car from starting or a MAF sensor keep the car from starting?

I just sprayed starting fluid in the throttle body and the car started and died.
I had disconnected both of these sensors last week when I did the throttle body bypass. But the car ran after putting everything back together.

Any thoughts?

 

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Please do NOT double post. You are asked to post a topic only once, then permitted to "TTT" it no more than once in a 24-hour period. TIA for you cooperation. The other thread has been deleted.

As far as your problem, is it possible the bolts you used to install the U/D pulley were too long and hit the Opti?

 

Thanks Fred for your input, but I thought of that as well. The bolts clear the opti just fine. I know the car is getting spark, it is just not getting fuel. I went to Auto Zone to have the TPS tested and it is fine. I also bought the OBDII scanner, however, it gives me a link error. I have eliminated the scanner as being faulty because it works fine on my 97 V6 Camaro.

I even reinstalled the stock programming and the scanner still doesn't link up. Could it be the ECM? I wouldn't think so since I was able to use the Hypertech programmer to reinstall stock settings. Just curious.

I appreciate any comments or suggestions on where to go next.

 

Check to see if you have fuel pressure.It sounds like you dont...Can you hear the pump?

 

The scanner probably didn't work because the 95 is not OBDII. It is OBDI with an OBDII connector. I know, it sucks.
Your 97 is, however, OBDII.

 

yes I can hear the pump kick in and then kick off right before turning the key to "start". I seems kind of strange that the car would start and run with me revving the engine, sit for a week, then not start at all.