Ok, heres my problem.
My car will start, then in less than a second it will stop running. I cant really even say that it runs at all, just starts then stops.
I have two Camaros, both with the same problem!
Any ideas would help.
thank you

 

not 100% sure but it could be that your timing is off or the engine is flooded.

If flooded I would remove all spark plugs, crank engine for a few seconds, wait a few minutes, then reinstall spark plugs. While spark plugs are out clean the tips. I had to do this and my car started right up.

Got any error codes.

 

Double and triple check the ignition. Also see that the injectors are injecting... could be a lot of things,

Is the engine throwing any codes?

 

Could be a bad MAF sensor it happened to me

 

Clogged fuel filter? Bad fuel pump? Check fuel pressure.

Bad spark? Check spark.

Bad injectors? Smell tailpipe. (Crude, but somewhat effective, and far better than ripping the plenum apart)

Bad MAF/MAP/IAC/Other electronic components? Check for codes.

 

A bad pickup coil (inside the distributer- not the ignition coil) will cause a motor to only start breifly then die- It is often mistaken for a bad fuel system(a.k.a.- bad fuel pump, injectors, regulator etc.)

 

I'd go over the ignition first. Could it use a Major TuneUp anyway? If so, yank the distributor, rebuilt it, with new ignition components, and do the Major TuneUp.

See how it goes then.

 

check the vacuum line for the power brake booster. If it's come off, you'll have sooo much vacuum loss that the motor will immediatly die.

 

fuel pump could be bad/ injectors, mostly what everyones has said, did anyone mention iac? that could be it, i've had it happen to me

 

i have the same problem with mine especially when it is cold out..i hate the winter time .....the only way i can get it to stay running when its cold out is holding my foot on the gas pedal & then sometimes it will be ok but other times its not....but then again of course it has the d@mn maf

 

MAF's are extremely touchy.. My friend had an 86 Camaro that would would periodically start, then stall...start, then stall...over and over again. It was a faulty MAF.

I was hoping I'd never have to experience the MAF's, since my Camaro had a 3.1 (non-MAF motor)....but then I got the 302. So far, so good. MAF's are too expensive to have fail frequently.

 

The car will start and run without a MAF hooked up- Just unplug and see if that the problem

 

jumped a tooth in the chain?

 

Did you happen to recently replace the pickup coils in the distributors? If so, open the bypass and see if they run. If so, then the pickup coil polarity is reversed.

RBob.