Engine Weird thing happened tonight

[Mindseye007]

I took my 1991 5.0 LX for a ride tonight she ran awesome lots of power smooth like butter shifting. It's when I got home I pulled into the garage to park her and I had to back up so I popped the clutch and i stalled it. Was just trying to line it up so I can get 2 Cars in the garage. I went to start it and it cranks over but will not start. I don't know why ? Help needed please....

 

[90sickfox]

One thing to try is to push the gas pedal all the way to the floor and crank it. It may have flooded somehow.

 

[Potomus Pete]

It It will probably start the next day .Could be the beginning of something new. Our old cars can get a glitch at any time.

 

[TOOLOW91]

Check the intertia switch in the trunk or hatch

 

[nompen]

I took my 1991 5.0 LX for a ride tonight she ran awesome lots of power smooth like butter shifting. It's when I got home I pulled into the garage to park her and I had to back up so I popped the clutch and i stalled it. Was just trying to line it up so I can get 2 Cars in the garage. I went to start it and it cranks over but will not start. I don't know why ? Help needed please....

fuel punp relay

 

[Potomus Pete]

Our cars have two things that you really need to make sure they are good. The module/grey thing on the distributor and the PIP inside the distributor. Both these cause a crank no start. Almost all of us have had to deal with both of these over the life of our cars. The module is an easy one. PIP is a little more involved.

 

[Mindseye007]

Or maybe the Ecu gave up the ghost?

 

[Potomus Pete]

Yeh you could open your computer and check the little blue barrels

 

[Mindseye007]

fuel punp relay

I can still hear the 340lph fuel pump running with key on...

 

[Potomus Pete]

You could go to Harbor Feaight and get a Noid light and hook it up to your injector wire and look for a pulse. That is part of the No Start Checklist a proven method for getting your car to start

 

[Noobz347]

I saw everything mentioned already that came to mind except for the TFI Module and the fuel pump itself.

The in-tank pump does have an internal pop-off so, I'd be prepared to look at fuel pressure if it happens again. This is not usually an intermittent thing although I have had an in-tank fuel pump in the past with intermittent problems (long story/chased it for a couple of weeks).


The aforementioned checklist will help you find the issue.

 

[Mindseye007]

Yeh you could open your computer and check the little blue barrels

Thus has to be the most mint 31 year old ecu I have ever seen . All the caps are mint and clean .

 

[Potomus Pete]

If it was me.....I would buy a new module. They are expensive at just under one hundred bucks. You could ask if you can bring it back if thats not it.

 

[General karthief]

Yeh you could open your computer and check the little blue barrels

he calls them 'little blue barrels'

 

[nickyb]

At least he didn't say footballs.

 

[Potomus Pete]

he calls them 'little blue barrels'

Everything I know I learned here. Luckily when I got my car years ago I brought my car to a Foxbody expert and he replaced my barrels. My name for them. He knew they go bad and charged me fifty bucks

 

[Potomus Pete]

If you do the checklist correctly start to finish you could be qualified for a Stangnet certificate

 

[Mindseye007]

One thing to try is to push the gas pedal all the way to the floor and crank it. It may have flooded somehow.

tried that tonight and had no luck...

 

[Mindseye007]

You could go to Harbor Feaight and get a Noid light and hook it up to your injector wire and look for a pulse. That is part of the No Start Checklist a proven method for getting your car to start

you know when you turn the key on? I can still hear the fuel pump and the injectors running.

 

[Mindseye007]

fuel punp relay

going to order a new one and try that next.