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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....
 

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

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Check the intertia switch in the trunk or hatch
 
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Mindseye007 said:
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....
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fuel punp relay
 
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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.
 
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Or maybe the Ecu gave up the ghost?
 

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Yeh you could open your computer and check the little blue barrels
 
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nompen said:
fuel punp relay
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I can still hear the 340lph fuel pump running with key on...
 
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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
 
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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.
 

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Yeh you could open your computer and check the little blue barrels
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Thus has to be the most mint 31 year old ecu I have ever seen . All the caps are mint and clean .
 

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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.
 

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Potomus Pete said:
Yeh you could open your computer and check the little blue barrels
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he calls them 'little blue barrels'
 
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At least he didn't say footballs.
 

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General karthief said:
he calls them 'little blue barrels'
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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
 

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

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90sickfox said:
One thing to try is to push the gas pedal all the way to the floor and crank it. It may have flooded somehow.
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tried that tonight and had no luck...
 

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

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nompen said:
fuel punp relay
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going to order a new one and try that next.
 
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