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From: Dean H. on 25 May 2007 22:07 2001 Chevy Express full size van 5.0 V8, 119,000 miles at the whim of my right foot. It has mostly been a pleasure to own. There's a lot of wind noise when you get to 95 or 100 though; the door tops sort of pull out from the pressure. I shut it off (running fine) at the deli around the corner and five minutes later she didn't want to start. Cranks fine but sounds like no fuel or no spark. Yes, there's 3/4 tank. My OBDII code reader returns no codes. I'll look tomorrow. It could very well be the original distributor cap and wires on there. I don't think I've ever had the engine cover off. Maybe they did that when I got it serviced that one time. Had them flush the coolant and she's leaked coolant ever since. Not sure how to check fuel delivery on EFI... you'd think that would have a code if fuel pressure was low or something... Not sure where the fuel filters are on this thing either. Never needed a repair manual until tomorrow. This better not impede my plans to ride this weekend, dammit. Maybe it'll just start in the morning and we'll never speak of this again. -Dean keep on truckin'
From: oldfart on 25 May 2007 22:13 Check for spark. If it has spark you probably have a fuel dilevery problem. OF On May 25, 7:07 pm, "Dean H." <m...(a)groove.calm> wrote: > 2001 Chevy Express full size van 5.0 V8, 119,000 miles at the whim of my > right foot. > It has mostly been a pleasure to own. There's a lot of wind noise when you > get to 95 or 100 though; the door tops sort of pull out from the pressure. > I shut it off (running fine) at the deli around the corner and five minutes > later she didn't want to start. Cranks fine but sounds like no fuel or no > spark. Yes, there's 3/4 tank. My OBDII code reader returns no codes. > > I'll look tomorrow. It could very well be the original distributor cap and > wires on there. I don't think I've ever had the engine cover off. Maybe they > did that when I got it serviced that one time. Had them flush the coolant > and she's leaked coolant ever since. > > Not sure how to check fuel delivery on EFI... you'd think that would have a > code if fuel pressure was low or something... > > Not sure where the fuel filters are on this thing either. Never needed a > repair manual until tomorrow. > > This better not impede my plans to ride this weekend, dammit. > Maybe it'll just start in the morning and we'll never speak of this again. > > -Dean > keep on truckin'
From: Marvel on 25 May 2007 22:22 "oldfart" <alan.westcoast(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1180145630.267308.198360(a)h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... > Check for spark. If it has spark you probably have a fuel dilevery > problem. OF > > > > On May 25, 7:07 pm, "Dean H." <m...(a)groove.calm> wrote: >> 2001 Chevy Express full size van 5.0 V8, 119,000 miles at the whim of my >> right foot. >> It has mostly been a pleasure to own. There's a lot of wind noise when >> you >> get to 95 or 100 though; the door tops sort of pull out from the >> pressure. >> I shut it off (running fine) at the deli around the corner and five >> minutes >> later she didn't want to start. Cranks fine but sounds like no fuel or no >> spark. Yes, there's 3/4 tank. My OBDII code reader returns no codes. >> >> I'll look tomorrow. It could very well be the original distributor cap >> and >> wires on there. I don't think I've ever had the engine cover off. Maybe >> they >> did that when I got it serviced that one time. Had them flush the coolant >> and she's leaked coolant ever since. >> >> Not sure how to check fuel delivery on EFI... you'd think that would have >> a >> code if fuel pressure was low or something... >> >> Not sure where the fuel filters are on this thing either. Never needed a >> repair manual until tomorrow. >> >> This better not impede my plans to ride this weekend, dammit. >> Maybe it'll just start in the morning and we'll never speak of this >> again. >> >> -Dean >> keep on truckin' > > Maybe it's broke
From: KW on 25 May 2007 22:25 "Dean H." <moto(a)groove.calm> wrote in message news:c86dnZopl93UC8rbnZ2dnUVZ_uiknZ2d(a)comcast.com... > 2001 Chevy Express full size van 5.0 V8, 119,000 miles at the whim of my > right foot. > It has mostly been a pleasure to own. There's a lot of wind noise when you > get to 95 or 100 though; the door tops sort of pull out from the pressure. > I shut it off (running fine) at the deli around the corner and five minutes > later she didn't want to start. Cranks fine but sounds like no fuel or no > spark. Yes, there's 3/4 tank. My OBDII code reader returns no codes. > > I'll look tomorrow. It could very well be the original distributor cap and > wires on there. I don't think I've ever had the engine cover off. Maybe they > did that when I got it serviced that one time. Had them flush the coolant > and she's leaked coolant ever since. > > Not sure how to check fuel delivery on EFI... you'd think that would have a > code if fuel pressure was low or something... > > Not sure where the fuel filters are on this thing either. Never needed a > repair manual until tomorrow. > > This better not impede my plans to ride this weekend, dammit. > Maybe it'll just start in the morning and we'll never speak of this again. > > -Dean > keep on truckin' > > On my 98 Chevy pickup, the fuel filter is inside the driver's side frame rail at about the midpoint of the truck.... worth a look .... In-tank fuel pumps are a common issue at least on the trucks from 98-01 as well. Good luck KW
From: CrashTestDummy on 25 May 2007 23:37
On Fri, 25 May 2007 22:25:57 -0400, "KW" <keith_warrennospamatallteldotnet> wrote: > >On my 98 Chevy pickup, the fuel filter is inside the driver's side frame >rail at about the midpoint of the truck.... worth a look .... >In-tank fuel pumps are a common issue at least on the trucks from 98-01 as >well. > >Good luck >KW > Yeah, if I were forced to fathom a guess I'd suspect the [electrical] fuel pump too. Mine went out in my 1991 S-10 pickup one time and the results were exactly as you describe. Replaced the pump for something like $75 and she started right up again. Of course it was an easy diagnosis in my case, because I could normally hear the fuel pump when turning the ignition on (but before starting the engine). When it wouldn't start, and I couldn't hear the pump running, I knew right away what it was. Fred Bradford - CrashTestDummy f.j.bradfordREMOVE(a)verizon.net |