HELP PLEASE!!!
ok im replacing my starter today and while pulling it out i heard a "pop" and thought nothing of it, i got up form under the car and i found this spare wire hanging there as if i got pulled out of a connector.... the wires are yellow and purple and have a orage grommet holding them together... my car is a 1997 chevy cavalier 2.4l. any help will be appreciated. also i checked the alternator harness and they did not come from there... idk where else to look
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it looks like it comes from the IDI cover....
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disregard, i found it. it was a plug right above the oil filter.... crank position sensor i think... thanks to the good ole j-body search i dug thru like 20 threads and found some one with the same problem i had
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ok, so everything worked great last night when i checked the starter, it started just fine about 5 times in a row, and i wake up this morning and all it does is turn over with no fire, i read in there that the wires that got yanked is for the CPS sensor... and if thats not plugged in it wont start. but without knowing this me and my roomate shot some starting fluid into the intake and it turned over eventually, but then died about 2 minutes later. could i have messed somthing up by starting it and that plug not plugged in? i just hope nothings wrong with it and its just that plug.... any help would be appreciated...
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Yeah, the crank position sensor. I would wire in a new plug. Autozone use to carry just the plug.
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yea i was just gunna ask where i can get a new one. im gunna call around today. is there a specific name for this style plug? it wouldnt hurt it to be longer wires would it? haha
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thanks guys!!! napa had it in stock, no one else did, 21.xx$
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bet you could have got it for like a dollar at the JY.
If you're wondering the reason it started with starter fluid is because no CPS = no fuel. So you just lit off the starter fluid. Not sure how it knew when to fire the coils without the cps though.
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Anton Miller (PPC) wrote: 21.xx$
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Seems a bit excessive for a pigtail...
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yea you can usually get them for cheaper then that, i had to replace one on my car that i broke cause i leaned on it while shining up the engine bay, at lordco auto parts it was called a "two prong weather proof connection" cost like 4.xx i think
yea, i really didnt care lol i just wanted it done hahaha
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Make sure you wire it properly polarity wise if the new plug doesnt have the same color wires.
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Leafy wrote:bet you could have got it for like a dollar at the JY.
If you're wondering the reason it started with starter fluid is because no CPS = no fuel. So you just lit off the starter fluid. Not sure how it knew when to fire the coils without the cps though.
The coils run off the Crank Position Sensor. Injectors use Cam Position Sensor.
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