Cougarfetish
Registered User
Hello,
For the pas week or so, my 1990 XR7 has had trouble starting only intermittently. Sometimes it starts fine, other times you are cranking it and it seems to have an electronic failure. IT cranks for a few times and then has a harsh stop, the headlights go off, interior lights go off. Shut the key off, crank again, and sometimes it starts sometimes it fails again.
It was starting more times than not so I didn't pay urgent attention to it, but this morning driving down the highway, the car lost power while driving, and this was a first. My tach went to 0, car didn't feel like it had power, but when I put some gas on it, it started chugging. Went to pull over to the side of the road, and before I could come to a complete stop, the car was acting normal again. So I turned around and came straight home.
Now at first I thought failing fuel pump, as it would crank dry for 5 seconds sometimes and not start (And not fail electrically). But I remember reading how if the crank sensor fail, it will cause your car to "Guess" on the timing. Is this the most logical thing to fix at this point?
Can someone give me a bit of insight please? I gotta make it to work tomorrow
THank you,
Derek
For the pas week or so, my 1990 XR7 has had trouble starting only intermittently. Sometimes it starts fine, other times you are cranking it and it seems to have an electronic failure. IT cranks for a few times and then has a harsh stop, the headlights go off, interior lights go off. Shut the key off, crank again, and sometimes it starts sometimes it fails again.
It was starting more times than not so I didn't pay urgent attention to it, but this morning driving down the highway, the car lost power while driving, and this was a first. My tach went to 0, car didn't feel like it had power, but when I put some gas on it, it started chugging. Went to pull over to the side of the road, and before I could come to a complete stop, the car was acting normal again. So I turned around and came straight home.
Now at first I thought failing fuel pump, as it would crank dry for 5 seconds sometimes and not start (And not fail electrically). But I remember reading how if the crank sensor fail, it will cause your car to "Guess" on the timing. Is this the most logical thing to fix at this point?
Can someone give me a bit of insight please? I gotta make it to work tomorrow
THank you,
Derek