2001 3.0 v6 r/t not starting. No fuel
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2001 3.0 v6 r/t not starting. No fuel
Alright its a real long story. But ill cut it as short as possible. I work at a body shop and after work about a month ago I decided to wash my car. I sprayed under the hood for about 5-10 secs, just real quickly. After I finished up I went to start it and it only would crank but never start up. I first thought I got the plugs wet so I called for a ride and let it sit overnight. I came back and it still wouldnt start. So as we were pushing it out of the wash bay I tried to start it one more time and it fired up like normal so I let it idle for about 5 minutes and went about my day. I came back for lunch and she started up again. As I went to drive off it started sputtering and died again. It hasnt started since. Been sitting in my dads garage and hes a very good mechanic and even he is stumped on it. We have changed all 6 spark plugs, crankshaft sensor, PCM, distributor and distributor cap/rotor, salvaged fuel pump, and fuel pressure regulator. It did jump time so we got a new timing belt (the old one was cracked up) and fixed the time. We are definitely getting spark now but no fuel. Heres the thing, the fuel pump assembly we got was also from a salvage but the fuel pump is kicking on. We get fuel to the fuel rail and the injectors are clicking. My dad seems to think that the injectors arent putting out fuel and the spark plugs arent getting any fuel. Could this be from a bad fuel pump or a bad ASD relay? Is there anything else we should try and change? Please help. This is my car and its been hard without one.
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Someone else here recently posted about a similar problem. Gremlins like that are always annoying. You say it jumped time- these are interference engines, a valve may have hit a piston. Id do a compression check to verify.
Heres the factory service manual - http://tearstone.com/2000-2002-eclipse-service-manual/
Heres the factory service manual - http://tearstone.com/2000-2002-eclipse-service-manual/
#3
Regardless of whether this is a repeated question, I'd like to hear the conclusion. I am not the biggest expert on cars but as I was reading the symptoms you described I was thinking about a bent valve. When you mentioned that it slipped time my heart sank as I've dealt with this before. If the timing belt isn't "timed" correctly the piston can hit the valve causing it to bend, and obviously if it's bent it cant close to cause compression in the cylinder. Curious if you figured this one out?
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Did you try the fuel pump relay As it starts to go out some days it will start
Alright its a real long story. But ill cut it as short as possible. I work at a body shop and after work about a month ago I decided to wash my car. I sprayed under the hood for about 5-10 secs, just real quickly. After I finished up I went to start it and it only would crank but never start up. I first thought I got the plugs wet so I called for a ride and let it sit overnight. I came back and it still wouldnt start. So as we were pushing it out of the wash bay I tried to start it one more time and it fired up like normal so I let it idle for about 5 minutes and went about my day. I came back for lunch and she started up again. As I went to drive off it started sputtering and died again. It hasnt started since. Been sitting in my dads garage and hes a very good mechanic and even he is stumped on it. We have changed all 6 spark plugs, crankshaft sensor, PCM, distributor and distributor cap/rotor, salvaged fuel pump, and fuel pressure regulator. It did jump time so we got a new timing belt (the old one was cracked up) and fixed the time. We are definitely getting spark now but no fuel. Heres the thing, the fuel pump assembly we got was also from a salvage but the fuel pump is kicking on. We get fuel to the fuel rail and the injectors are clicking. My dad seems to think that the injectors arent putting out fuel and the spark plugs arent getting any fuel. Could this be from a bad fuel pump or a bad ASD relay? Is there anything else we should try and change? Please help. This is my car and its been hard without one.