98 cobra wont start, HELP

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kar298

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I have a 1998 cobra with 50,000 miles on it. I went to start it today and it wont start. I though maybe the battery was bad and it turned out that it was so thats brand new. When I try to start it the engine does turn over, I can hear the fuel pump turning on but it wont take. Some times the first time I try to start it, it seems like it almost takes but after that it just turns over.

anyone have any sugestions

thanks

 

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Is your Theft light flashing or anything when you try to start it? Sometimes the computer needs a reset by unhooking the battery for 15 minutes.

 

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could be your crank position sensor.

 

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no theft light and the battery was disconnected for over a day when i bought a new one. how and i tell if its the crank sensor? also what is the easiest way to test that i am getting spark?

 

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pull a plug wire off each coil and check for spark , if you have no spark on either side , i would say go ahead and buy the crank sensor and install it would be a safe bet

 

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so when i got home from work today and i tried to start it and it started fine. would that be a symtom of the crank sensor?

 

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kar298 said:

so when i got home from work today and i tried to start it and it started fine. would that be a symtom of the crank sensor?

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did it stay running ? any CE light ?

 

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yeah it stayed running with no check engine light

 

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Take the battery and get it tested anyways, also double check for shorts and the connections of things onto the battery i.e. tightness of the terminals attached to + & -

 

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joshjwc9 said:

Take the battery and get it tested anyways, also double check for shorts and the connections of things onto the battery i.e. tightness of the terminals attached to + & -

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in my orginial post i said that i did have it tested and they found it bad so i replaced it with a brand new gold diehard

 

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