HELP my Z is cursed

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aidanair
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so i havent posted in a while as ive been working on everything myself but i swear my Z is cursed. just to inform you a little of my struggles, i had an alternator go out, my studs on my rear passenger side wheel snap while driving (wheel fell off and rolled away).. and now this. all in 2 months.

I installed an aftermarket A pillar boost gauge yesterday. tapped the line right below the throttle body on driver side that i capped after carbon canister delete. all works great. i also installed NGK PFRB cold range spark plugs. went to fire her up, no good. it turns over but does not combust. not a single cylinder will fire. it just turns over and over, no pop at all. threw codes got 21 and 13. fixed a broken wire on the water temp sensor and tried again, nothing. still throws code 21 and 13. tried a different sensor altogether, same. i pulled a plug and tested for spark and i def have spark. i also smell gas in the cylinder and on the plugs when i pull them and sniff test. please help, i am so lost.


aidanair
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well no one answered me which is lame.. but for the record i put a new ptu in and it fired up.. havent gotten the codes cleared yet so will report back when i do

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Ace2cool
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Sorry bro, that's actually what I would have suggested, but I've been too inebriated the past few days to give technical advice on anything, so I stuck to gen chat section....

Glad to hear you got it fixed though!

rizer
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I had something similar to what your saying but I didnt have the gas smell. I had a problem with the Crank angle sensor. After replacing that everything was great. I was beating my head with this for about a week or so.

aidanair
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for me it was the PTU, however i may replace my CAS as well since i think it may be faulty as well

90desilvia
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i have the same problem I had just replaced my ptu before changing so faulty injectors and now the car wont crank over I have spark and I smell gas.....still working on her to figure out the solution. pulling the same code 21. any indicaters if its the cas?

90desilvia
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also I have fried two coil packs the same location. while dealing with the cas and ptu. could this be a cas or ptu i have replaced the ptu once before not even a year ago. could this be faulty wiring or faulty cas? im kinda new only had the car for 5 months. already replaced so much about 1000 went into the injectors coil packs the ptu some sensors new exhaust alternater batt. etc... the list goes on. racking my head on this no start issue I smell gas and have spark and power just had it running before replacing the injectors. good thing i bought this car for only 1500 lol any advice on what to try?

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New plugs? have you traced the hot, signal, and ground for the COP? at this point I would say go get a blazt or PLMS cable and software of your choice, IMO its completely worth the $200 because you will be able to look at all of your parameters and be able to monitor the vehicle while you drive it as well.


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