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slo-3dr
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bought this car from someone, gets fuel but no spark. replaced the igniter.still nothing. any ideas? also wondering since it has a chipped ecu, i was wondering if the chip could prevnt it from getting speak. any help would be great.


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Have you checked the wiring to make sure it was all good? Also check the CAS to see if the key slot is broke.

slo-3dr
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I noticed you also live in chesaepake, wanna come over and help me get it started?

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slo-3dr wrote:bought this car from someone, gets fuel but no spark. replaced the igniter.still nothing. any ideas? also wondering since it has a chipped ecu, i was wondering if the chip could prevnt it from getting speak. any help would be great.
Did the car run with the chip before or is this a new chip? If its a new chip and its bad, the car won't start. It'll get the exact symptom you have.

slo-3dr
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it was running before the ecu was chipped. the ecu is a jwt bought from some member on here.

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c-rad
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slo-3dr wrote:it was running before the ecu was chipped. the ecu is a jwt bought from some member on here.
If the chip itself was never tested then there is a good chance its bad. I had a bad chip the very first time I tried to start my motor. It would never start, just flood out and I couldn't think what it could be. Chip turned out to be bad...

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How u been? Car running good now?

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my friend got an improperly burned chip. I found one symptom, is that you could hear the fuel pump turn on and stay on, not for 3 seconds then turn off like it should


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