2006 cobalt 2.2 ecotech wont start

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Asked by Colt Sep 10, 2018 at 12:06 AM about the 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt LS Coupe FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My buddies girlfriend has a 2006 cobalt 2.2
ecotech with 90,000 miles on it and taken
in for a fuel line repair and ended up having
the fuel pump replace and it ran for a
couple of days now it turns over,
sometimes tries to start but won’t. The fuel
pump has a healthy hum to it, has a fresh
filter, new plugs, coils, ignition module and
a starter after taking some bad advice and
it still won’t start. We can get it running
with starting fluid but as soon as we stop
feeding it, it dies. I checked the fuel rail
and it as gas and pressure while it’s
cranking but doesn’t seem to be injecting.
My dad thinks it’s a bad crank sensor
which I can agree with, that would tell the
injectors not to pump but my buddy thinks
it the timing chain which I doubt because if
the miles. Any helpful tips or suggestions
would be much appreciated.

3 Answers

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do u know the exact fuel pressure? pressure regulator could be not holding enough. i've had a bad injector harness once in a 89 riviera.

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Ill check the injectors, I have a voltage meter and test light but if it is a weak magnet and I imagine it being a sensor that the crank sensor is an electromagnet can I test it with the volt meter?

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Their was a whooping 5 lbs of pressure in the fuel rail so they’re sending it back to the shop that did the fuel pump. Thanks for the help guys!

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