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Old 10-30-2010, 05:12 PM
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Help cant get car to start

Alright hoping for some good info because im out of idea's. Last week I was taking my car on a trip so I decided I would give it a mini tune up and cleaned my K&N and added some fuel treatment. Drove 400 miles to CA while I was there my slip light came on when I hit the gas followed by the service engine soon light. The car still ran fine and after a couple hours the service engine light turned off.

Now fast forward a week my wife goes to start the car at the store and she says the car started and shook like crazy then stalled. She retried and same thing. Finally it just stopped starting altogether. Now it just cranks and cranks but wont start. I read posts and thought changing my cam sensor (passenger) might do the trick but still nothing. Also reset ECU but still nothing just cranks. Battery is only a month old so i doubt that as lights are not dim and its cranking, checked all fuses and still nothing. I would take it some where but its dead in my garage (after being towed home) and dont want to keep throwing money away.
 
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Old 10-30-2010, 06:27 PM
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either cam sensors or your throttle body. if anything, have it towed to the nearest dealer to get scanned cuz i know itll have codes in it.
 
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Old 10-30-2010, 06:42 PM
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If its a K and N and you oiled it, you probably put to much on.

The maf sensor gets coated and cannot read the air flow which makes it highly irradic and probably wont start. I would take some cleaner and try that first its a start.
 
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Old 10-30-2010, 06:48 PM
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yeah true /\ you are supposed to let them air dry before puttin them back in and driving away. try this. just disconnect your afm connector and see if it starts up.
 
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Old 10-30-2010, 07:15 PM
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Thanks for the suggestions guys, im gonna go try this right now and I will let you know I hope its this simple.
 
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Old 10-30-2010, 07:19 PM
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Cool really hope it works.
 
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Old 10-30-2010, 07:34 PM
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OP...You said you changed the cam sensor on the passenger side, there is also one on the driverside.
 
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and i hope u put the correct one in the correct side too.
 
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Old 10-30-2010, 08:26 PM
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Well it was worth a shot still nothing when I unplugged the afm. When I oiled the filter I actually did it the night before so the car sat at least 6-7 hours before I drove it. Pretty sure I got the right sensor, I removed my passenger side sensor and took the part to Nissan and me and the parts guy matched it up as the passenger side cam sensor bank 1. I guess I could try doing the other sensors too next. I had just searched around the forums quite a bit and most guys seemed to be fixing the passenger cam sensor as a fix so I went out on a limb hoping for the same. I think I may just have to break down and get it towed to the dealership. still just cranks and cranks
 
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Old 10-30-2010, 08:39 PM
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change out the bank 2 cam sensor and the crank sensor then while you're at it before you do that. thankfully the sensors arent that much. like $100 each.
 
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Old 10-30-2010, 09:52 PM
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Thanks "the coupe" yeah I am going to just pick up the other two sensors first thing Monday morning and hope for the best. I will let you know, appreciate the help.
 
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Old 10-31-2010, 04:36 AM
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Sorry it didnt work, but still clean your maf its open on the end so if any oil gets on there initially it will still cause it to be irradict. Unplugging wont show you if it works.
 
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Old 10-31-2010, 06:30 AM
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The important advice here is to have any error codes read and go from there. If your SES light isn't on that might be a little more problematic, but the codes if you have any will point you in the right direction. Otherwise you are just shooting in the dark guessing whay your problem might be.
 
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Old 11-01-2010, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Blue Dream
The important advice here is to have any error codes read and go from there. If your SES light isn't on that might be a little more problematic, but the codes if you have any will point you in the right direction. Otherwise you are just shooting in the dark guessing whay your problem might be.
+1...I was just fixing to post this as OP did not say he pulled the codes.
 
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Old 11-01-2010, 01:05 PM
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alright I broked down and bought a scanner, should have done this from the start as you all mentioned. Well I got 6 codes here they are:

P1124, P1121, P0223, P1121, P0223, P1224

I looked them up and they all seem related to the Throttle position or throttle sensor. Any idea on how to proceed. I appreciate the help.
 


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