Need help Fast please.
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From: Victoria, Tx
Need help Fast please.
I'm trying to get a 93 escort 1.9l running again. The car will start and run as long as the key is in the start posistion, but as soon as you put it in the run position it dies. There is no noise from the fuel pump, but there is fuel in the rail. The filter is clean, and I ran battery power and ground directly to pump and the pump runs and puts out good pressure. All relays and fuses are good. The fuel shut off switch tested good, as well. I messed with the ignition switch and it started working but then a few hours later it stoped. replaced the switch but still nothing. Ran jumpers to the fuel pump to make it run and then started car but it still would not stay running in the run position. Need help to figure this out car needs to be running tonight.
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I think you're screwed...
This can't be sorted out in a red hot minute - wherever you needed to go call a taxi.
But I bet the key switch itself is trashed - about bank on it!
The internal electrical contacts are messing up.
Go figure - it starts in "START" but in run it quits. The RUN contacts are messing up - I about guarantee ya!
Check around it for bad wires. But if that fails you need a new switch
This can't be sorted out in a red hot minute - wherever you needed to go call a taxi.
But I bet the key switch itself is trashed - about bank on it!
The internal electrical contacts are messing up.
Go figure - it starts in "START" but in run it quits. The RUN contacts are messing up - I about guarantee ya!
Check around it for bad wires. But if that fails you need a new switch
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As stated I have already replaced the ignition switch. The key does nothing but let you turn the switch, which is located on the back of the key cylinder. As stated the ignition switch has been replaced.
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Some engines have a fuel pump cut off tied in with the oil pressure switch. If that switch goes bad it will cut off the fuel pump even though nothing is wrong with oil pressure. Real pain the butt to figure that one out.
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Okay - that make me wonder about the wiring itself, and possibly the switch connector plug. The "HOT-IN-RUN" line specifically.
Wherever it eventually goes that is in parallel with the "HOT-IN-START" line, is it live when the key is in the run position?
I'd need a wiring diagram to spot where to look, but I've never had a reason to collect one for an Escort before.
Wherever it eventually goes that is in parallel with the "HOT-IN-START" line, is it live when the key is in the run position?
I'd need a wiring diagram to spot where to look, but I've never had a reason to collect one for an Escort before.
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Try holding the throttle open slightly. If your IAC is not working, it wont allow enough air to run, and it will be flooded. Holding the throttle open slightly will allow sufficient airflow into the manifold, and it should run. My '97 Towncar does this occasionally, I can clean it and it's good to go for another year or so....too lazy to replace it.
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Hot wire to the distributor, crank it and see if it stays running. Sounds like the ignition wire somewhere from the switch to dist.
I don't know much about the Escort but, I had a Vega (I know they were a glorified Briggs motor and boy did it smoke) it would stay running as long as I didn't try to move the car. When I released the parking brake and put it in gear it would quit. Put on parking brake and in park it would start and run forever. The parking brake cable was making ground and the fuel pump worked, release the brake and the cable dropped from the gas tank, no ground and pump quit. Repaired ground cable from engine to body, problem fixed.
Your problem sounds as frustrating and as simple. (I made the diagnosis of the above problem sound simple, it was not, a lot of head scratching, fussing and cussing took place)
Good luck.
I don't know much about the Escort but, I had a Vega (I know they were a glorified Briggs motor and boy did it smoke) it would stay running as long as I didn't try to move the car. When I released the parking brake and put it in gear it would quit. Put on parking brake and in park it would start and run forever. The parking brake cable was making ground and the fuel pump worked, release the brake and the cable dropped from the gas tank, no ground and pump quit. Repaired ground cable from engine to body, problem fixed.
Your problem sounds as frustrating and as simple. (I made the diagnosis of the above problem sound simple, it was not, a lot of head scratching, fussing and cussing took place)
Good luck.
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Sorry I didn't post an update sooner, and thanks for all the suggestions, but I did find the culprit a few days ago. There is actually a breaker underneath the dash, that was tripped. It's not in any wiring diagrams that I could find, and the mechanic that was tryin to help me said there was nothing about it in his computer data base either. I was about to give up then gave one last look under the dash and noticed a fuse looking thing with a button on it. Pulled it and it looked ok, so i put it back in, pressed the button, and the car started right up. lol, I felt like an idiot.
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Sorry I didn't post an update sooner, and thanks for all the suggestions, but I did find the culprit a few days ago. There is actually a breaker underneath the dash, that was tripped. It's not in any wiring diagrams that I could find, and the mechanic that was tryin to help me said there was nothing about it in his computer data base either. I was about to give up then gave one last look under the dash and noticed a fuse looking thing with a button on it. Pulled it and it looked ok, so i put it back in, pressed the button, and the car started right up. lol, I felt like an idiot.
Tim
