That's good advice if you have a carburetor. You'd want to take off the
intake so you could reach the choke butterfly valves in the carburetor and
wedge them open with a screwdriver or something too large to slip down into
your intake (Whoops!) then hold the throttle down until it fires. Remove
your tool and start it up.
Fuel injection doesn't use a choke, and shouldn't be able to flood. If
you're having a no-start condition with fuel injection, check the fuel rail
to ensure you have pressure then pull a plug wire and have someone crank the
engine while you hold the tip near a metal surface of the engine. You
should get a bright blue-white spark about 1/4" long. If you have no fuel
or no/weak spark, it won't start. If your engine has a distributor, take
off the cap[ and make sure it's dry inside. Wipe out any moisture then
spray with WD40. put it back together and try again.
No-start problems are generally easy to track down if you simply ensure you
have fuel and spark.
Good luck!
Steve & Tarona Stanfield
Ridgecrest, CA
""A. S."" <adakota4x4@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:BAY2-F124ykXadXYX8I0002c31f@hotmail.com...
>
> The idea has already been posted a day or two ago, but I'll mention it
> again in case you missed it. Try holding the gas pedal all the way to the
> floor and crank the engine a few seconds at the same time. If your truck
> has somehow been flooded, this will allow it to start. I have personal
> experience with this. :) It worked on mine after I had the same
> experiences. I changed plugs, wires, coil, cap, rotor, cam
> sensor....nothing helped it. Tryed the pedal to the floor idea on a wild
> guess and it worked. It's worth trying.
> --Aaron--
> 95 DSRC 4x4 V6
> PS. I still don't know what cased the problem. :(
>
>
>
>
>
> From: "branning sung" <brannings@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Re: Dead Truck (No fire)
> Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 18:41:47 +0000
>
>
> Hey David,
>
> Any luck with this one. Went out on the valentines date last night
> came back to the truck and it did the exact same thing you are talking
> about. Cranked fine till the battery went out...tried a jump, same thing
> cranked but wouldn't catch...swapped some fuses around, (specifically fuel
> pump) in the box...reseated all the wires...end up getting towed home!!!!
> I'll be checking for spark and fuel today. Almost catches and then dies
> out. Just wondering if you had any luck solving yours, mines probably
> similar.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Branning
> http://branning.tripod.com
>
>
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