1998 sun fire nostart
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Asked by Kevrc1tobe Apr 18, 2017 at 05:03 PM about the 1998 Pontiac Sunfire

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 1998 sun fire with a 2.2 engine
vehicle shut off and won't restart I have
cked spark at all cylinders that's good
have cked fuel pressure 42 psi I have cked
all injectors for pulse all good have cked
compression at all cylinders that's good
have pulled all plugs there dry no codes in
the system did replace fuel filter because it
was old where can I go on this after cling
everything a car needs to start and it's all
good seems like not getting fuel but
pressure is in normal range any other ideas

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Rowefast answered 7 years ago

Yes the fuel pressure seems good, and you have spark at all the cylinders. Try spraying some starting fluid into the throttle body to see if it fires off. If it does, then it is not getting fuel and that would need to be figured out.

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Kevrc1tobe answered 7 years ago

I will try that my next step was to pull injectors and ck fuel rail real good for any problems

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Kevrc1tobe answered 7 years ago

I even disconnected return line and that was fine but I don't understand why I don't smell fuel and plugs stay dry will let you know what I find

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GuruND52T answered 4 years ago

Have97sunfire was starting intelligence starter.went bad.but in newnnstarter but no start

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