1993 Sunbird wont start.. Engine was running fine. Car chugged out
and stalled 150' from wife's destination, which happend to be an
old guy's garage. She was going there for a non-auto issue.
"Old Ed" is known to be competent mechanic, but he cant figure out
the problem.

We've got Spark on the plug wires, fuel pressure on the fuel
rail, got voltage on the wires leading to the injectors.

He told me it doesn't fire at all even with ether. He's a real
square guy, and wont even charge me for his time spent
diagnosing it, but he's lost.

I've told him to stop spending $0 time on it. He wont charge me
if he cant fix it, and O'l Ed has cash business to do, but not alot.
I like O'l Ed. It will cost me $100 to tow it home. Ed's open to
ideas. What are we/he missing here?

MPD

PS: I bought it for $100 late Oct' '05 from a 25yr old neighbor.
Strictly as a second "banger" car to take the extra travel
time off the '01 primary car.
He was asking $300, but for Me, $0. I insisted on the $100.
He told me it needed an complete exhaust, brakes all around,
and front end work. I spent $170 on exhaust from the engine
back, $120 on front pads and a bad rear brake line+cyl, $100
on a new ball joint, and $80 on a pair of tires. Thats $570
for a good running '93 sunbird. My $570 got me 4 good
months and 12k mles. I cant see spending $100 to tow it
home to ponder the puzzle in my driveway, or tow it to
another mechanic to run up a bill.
I'm looking for a list of "Did You Check?" ideas before I
toss the pontiac. Additionally, If I give "O'l Ed" the nudge
in the right direction, He'll solve a riddle and I'll pay him
for a job well done.

If no good ideas come from this, We'll junk it and let "O'l Ed"
hang onto the $100 from the Junkyard.

Thanks,
Mike

does it have good compression? i bet ed checked that. did he get any
diagnostic codes?

http://www.minibite.com/america/malone.htm

mpdsville1 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com wrote:
Since you have positively eliminated everything else, that leaves timing.

Could be a timing chain issue. Pull the intake hose off the TB and place
hand over TB intake and have someone crank the engine over. Try to feel for
air coming OUT of the intake. Had that happen on my 87 GA when the timing
gear blew up.
Good luck, and check back in.

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