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5.2 Magnum v8 won't idle, stalls unless holding gas
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have you tried pushing it? i would rip it out and patch up the cut made in the coil wire.
I tried pushing it. I was half afraid it was a bomb and I would blow up. It didn't seem to do anything. I also unhooked it from the ignition coil and tried starting the truck and didn't seem to make a difference either way. Maybe I should unhook it and the try the button. Idk.
The battery was down to 12.4 volts and now it's charged to 12.8. wondering if the alternator could be bad.
The button under the dash is likely a kill switch. PCM breaks the ground circuit to fire the coil. If the coil always has a ground, it doesn't fire.
Kill switch? How do I kill the kill switch? :-P
It seems it would cut the connection to the ground. Maybe I should try to run a wire from the ground directly to the ignition coil splice.
Also, did you see the connector on the injector? I had a problem with that injector on my other truck.
Nope. Is it a momentary switch? Or does it stay 'on' when you push it?
PCM fires the coil by breaking the ground circuit, with a constant ground, it won't run. Remove that wire from the coil connector, it isn't needed. The wire from the ground side of the coil to the PCM is though, so, leave that one there.
If the pump isn't running when you first turn the key on, you have other issues.