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Car Forum / Pontiac / Pontiac Fiero / March 2005

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85 gt prob

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Alvin - 21 Feb 2005 17:29 GMT
I have an 85 gt from time to time it fails to start.  some of the time a
fews days is all it needs.  Last time I disconected the battery and it fired
right up.  Can the ecm become full and tell the egnition not to fire? or is
this pointing to a total failure of the ignition
Fierofool - 23 Feb 2005 01:59 GMT
> I have an 85 gt from time to time it fails to start.  some of the time a
> fews days is all it needs.  Last time I disconected the battery and it fired
> right up.  Can the ecm become full and tell the egnition not to fire? or is
> this pointing to a total failure of the ignition

You might try changing the ignition module in the distributor.  I've
had modules that fail, then after a while, I can put them back in and
they work very well.  You should carry an extra module, anyway.

Just install the new one and keep the old one as an emergency backup.
If the problem goes away, you know that was the answer.
Colin Wilkes - 05 Mar 2005 01:19 GMT
I had a similar problem with a Buick LeSabre, random failures to start,
never a problem once it was running.  It turned out to be a bad throttle
position sensor that did not show up on the diagnostics.  It would
periodically hang up and may have been made worse  by unintentional
depressing the accelerator before starting.  I am now very careful not to
touch the accelerator before a start attempt.

>I have an 85 gt from time to time it fails to start.  some of the time a
> fews days is all it needs.  Last time I disconected the battery and it
> fired
> right up.  Can the ecm become full and tell the egnition not to fire? or
> is
> this pointing to a total failure of the ignition
 
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