Well I'm in the middle of painting my Camaro. Went back to the shop today and found that it no longer runs! Saturday it ran fine. Took it to the shop did body work, washed the car (engine got wet), and then parked it. Came back on Monday (didn't do anything Sunday) and the car won't start. It's trying to start, like it's revving up. But it won't turn over. And if you crank it long enough, you can smell gasoline (seemingly from the back of the car). What's wrong? The shop is too far away to have it towed home, and I blew all my money on paint, so I can't afford to take it anywhere else. I need to get it out of the shop!

P.S: It's a 92 Camaro RS with an LO3 and 700-R4.

Any ideas...?

 

take the distributor cap off and check to see if water got into it
if so dry it out and spray wd 40 in it

 

I'll try it first thing tomorrow. Thanks a lot.

 

WD-40 is flammable for a period of time after its been sprayed so it may not be the best thing to use around an open spark. A good, clean rag will be best. Wipe all the parts dry and maybe follow up with some compressed air to carefully blast out any remaining water.

 

isn't there a water displacement spray that isn't flammable then?

 

LPS #1 works good. but it is also some what flammable, but not as much as what WD40 is.
my recommendation is to spray it down first & then thoroughly blow it out with compressed air.

 

You guys think it might be the fuel pump? That seems to be the general opinion here. But it was working fine before I parked it.

 

it could be the fuel pump, its not uncommon for them to work fine & then not work on the next start up. hang a pressure gage on it & see what you have.

 

but he has the gas smell

 

check the battery ground that can cause the car to not even try to turn at all
if not check battery look for something that might have came loose/check fuel pump fuse

 

P.S: Thanks a lot for all the suggestions.

 

I don't understand what you mean by its revving up but not turning over? You mean its not firing but the crank is turning over? If it is not firing check your coil wires and also under the cap. Then I would check the other connections and the battery power and grounds.

 

It runs! We changed the spark plugs and that fixed it. Thanks a lot guys.

 

Some newer types of brake cleaner. Read the can, it will say flammable or non flammable. I was dumbfounded when I discovered that. I was trying to scorch out a paper wasp nest in my shed. Three times my can of brake cleaner blew out the flame of my lighter before I read the label on the can.

You can thank the environazi's for that. It's because of them we have nonflammable, CFC free brake cleaner that won't clean **** off anything anymore.

 

Those Bastards!