Update Code 13 now, resolved!!!!!!!!!!!!&# Options

[gotian]

So because so many different things have happened since my last post i decided to start a new one. So here is the update: I got the new igniter put it in, car fired right up a lot easier. I was able to drive it and move it but the moment I let go of the gas pedal it died. Sprayed starting fluid fired up, let go of the throttle it died. We thought it might be the cat because there was a heavy gas smell when th car did fire up. started it once we removed the cat, it fired up but still would not hold once the throttle was let go. Changed the fuel filter, the old one was clogged, checked the pressure on the fuel, everything checked out. Injectors are getting signal just fine. now we are stumped.

Before anyone says ECU, we have swapped ecu's and it didnt change anything. So at this point any Idea's would be greatly appreciated.

This post has been edited by gotian: Jul 20, 2012 - 7:35 AM

[gotian]

So I hate it when I'm searching through the forums and find people who have had the same issue but never post if they have resolved it and then you see other people responding asking if they fixed it because now their car is having the same issue. So I'm posting that I have resolved my issue completely now after a string of codes and replacing faulty parts. The culprit for my no starting was the Coolant Temp sensor. The sensor was rotted out on the inside where the connection was and broke apart like a brittle lump of sand, the faulty sensor was sending a bad signal to the ECU which in turn was making the ECU send a signal to dump a whole mess of fuel into the combustion chamber.

Once I replaced the sensor and deflooded the car the car fired up with a nice smoke display. Afterwards I advanced the timing and drove it for about an hour to make sure I burn up all the excess fuel in the engine (im running on premium so advancing it did not make it knock.) once I drove it bad home I turned it off and let it sit for an hour. I went back to turn it on and it fired up no hesitation. For safe measures I ran seafoam through the intake to clean up any crap I might still have from flooding the car.

The real test was this morning since with the problem I was having was that if I did get it running after letting it sit over night it wouldnt run again. So this morning I went to go start it and it started up like it was a brand new car and ran like one too.

So if anyone has a similar problem now you know to replace your coolant temp sensor since it's cheap (I got mine for $12 bucks brand new 1 year warranty) In total I spent about $160 in parts but now I have a car withe a complete tune up (distributor, cap, rotor, ignition wires, spark plugs NGK Iridium, coolant temp sensor, igniter) and a gutted cat.