General Tech Good at troubleshooting? Have a non specific issue? Discuss general tech topics here.

Car won't start

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Jun 1, 2010 | 08:19 AM
  #1  
countrygurl9507's Avatar
Thread Starter
|
Junior Member
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 5
From: Calhoun City, MS
Default Car won't start

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!! I have a 1996 Camry. It has 218,000 miles on it. Ok, over the last month, we have had some work done to our car. It all started when the timing belt went out. A mechanic put a timing belt kit on, replaced the water pump, and fixed the exhaust leak we had. A week later we had to replace the air conditioner compressor. So now the car is not wanting to start. It would turn over but wouldn't crank. So we replaced the fuel pump. It worked fine for 3 days, but now it won't crank again. It turns over but doesn't start. The fuel pump is pumping fuel. Also, I don't know if this will help or not but before all of this started the gas hand could always be read without the car being on. Well now it is bottomed out below empty even when turning the key over. It has a half a tank of gas though. What could our problem be??
 

Last edited by countrygurl9507; Jun 1, 2010 at 11:11 AM.
Old Jun 7, 2010 | 03:57 PM
  #2  
blackey777's Avatar
Member
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 30
Default

well if you have fuel and it cranks but won't start it sounds like you have a spark problem now. You could check the distributor and or coil. Also sometimes cam or crankshaft sensors go.
 
Old Jun 10, 2010 | 09:14 AM
  #3  
countrygurl9507's Avatar
Thread Starter
|
Junior Member
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 5
From: Calhoun City, MS
Default

We replaced the coil and relay switch. It started fine. We drove it around, and everything was fine. This morning my husband went out to crank it and it wouldn't. What now???
 
Old Jun 11, 2010 | 10:27 AM
  #4  
blackey777's Avatar
Member
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 30
Default

Honestly it's hard to know without testing things however I did the coil on my 85 Camry and it only lasted about a week. It is possible you got a bad part or something else is still wrong. It is possible to be getting fuel but not enough to start your car so I wouldn't rule that out unroll you hook a pressure guage up. Or could be numerous amounts of sensors.
 
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Schroedder1
General Tech
1
Oct 17, 2009 01:41 PM
andi3
General Tech
2
Jan 26, 2008 05:03 AM
kjarrett
General Tech
2
Jan 9, 2007 10:43 PM




All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:18 PM.