You said there is no spark. If there is no spark you will not get any fuel
because the ECM will not turn the fuel pump on if it doesn't see spark.
There is no ignition module in the distributor, just a cam shaft sensor.
Cycle the key three time (on-off, on-off, on-off,) without starting the
engine and watch the check engine light. It will flash trouble codes to you
but you will need a service manual to tell you what the codes are about. If
I had to guess it's probably a cam sensor but don't guess, find what codes
are present.
Good luck!
Dave R
92 Dak 5.2, 9 1/4 diff 3.55 LS, 5 on 5.5
71 Demon 340
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Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 13:18:49 -0500
From: John_Neff@Dell.com
Subject: DML: 92 5.2L Dak dead Help please!
All,
My father-in-laws '92 Dak is dead. Symptoms are, ran great, shut it down,
upon restart it fired and ran for about 2 seconds, then died. Will crank
normally, but nothing more. Brother-in-law suspects ignition module in the
distributor died since he "says" there is no spark and no smell of gas in
the tail pipe telling him the injectors are not firing. I don't think he
really did his troubleshooting properly and I'm not confident in his
decision about what part has failed since he doesn't believe me that there
are no knock sensors on Magnum engines (but that's a completely different
story). Bottom line, he doesn't know as much about these trucks as he'd like
to think he does.
I'm going to stick my head under the hood later tonight to check for spark
and pressure in the fuel rail. Anyone have any insight as to the most common
parts to fail on this vintage truck? I'm guessing either fuel pump or crank
trigger but appreciate anyone else's ideas before I get my hands dirty.
Thanks,
John
98 Dak 4X4 CC Sport, 5.2L, auto, etc....
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