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Old Jan 31, 2004 | 09:27 PM
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No start prob. Im stumped

The car is a 95 Olds with a 3.8 V6. Ive got spark, fuel to the cylinders,compression and no codes. Ive checked all the obvious things , at least anything I can think of. Ive done a search on it allready and there are only a few posts that have all the similar symptoms. It is an OBD-2 car so there arent timing adjustments or anything that I am aware of to get out of adjustment. It dosent even sputter like a car out of time.Its not an F- body but it is your typical GM MAF type MPFI system.

-Can a bad MAF sensor cause a no start condition?
-The car seemed like it flooded from cranking and cranking so I cleaned and re-gaped plugs and blew out the cylinders, still will not start.
-I pulled the plugs and checked them, they fire when cranking the engine with the wire installed on it while the plug touches a ground.

Im stumped! Anyone have any ideas as to what could be the problem??
Old Feb 1, 2004 | 06:39 AM
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try a new set of plugs, if it flooded that usually trashes the plugs. it should fire with fuel, compression, and spark. might want to check the spark with a spark checker to see if it's strong enough and check fuel preasure to see if it's within specs
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