Randazz0
TYF Newbie
Whatsup guys, I'm completely new to using forums and what not. Never done it a day in my life but I'm looking for some advice if someone wouldn't mind throwing some my way. I recently just got a 97 2door from a friend of mine who had it sitting in his garage for a year or so and I can't get the damn thing to start.
Being honest this is going to be a long term project for me to learn with, I'm pretty mechanically inclined but in no shape or form an ace mechanic, mostly just a kid with a pretty flexible b5udget who wants to learn as much as I can
I've done the fuel pump, because at first I could tell that the old one was shot it wouldn't start for the life of it. I've tried adding new gas and octane boost to it but for some reason it wants to crank but won't turn over. I've checked for spark the starter and all of the above. But I cannot even get it to start with starting fluid in the throttle body. I purged a little gas out of the engine that was sitting in the lines and noticed it was a reddish colour, did that until it started to look cleaner but still no turn over
From what I was told the body has 180k on it and the engine is out of a caddy same size and spec with 90k on it. So it should have some life left in it. At least enough to be my beach truck. In no way shape or form is this truck pretty but cosmetics are second to functionality to me
Any info is greatly appreciated
Being honest this is going to be a long term project for me to learn with, I'm pretty mechanically inclined but in no shape or form an ace mechanic, mostly just a kid with a pretty flexible b5udget who wants to learn as much as I can
I've done the fuel pump, because at first I could tell that the old one was shot it wouldn't start for the life of it. I've tried adding new gas and octane boost to it but for some reason it wants to crank but won't turn over. I've checked for spark the starter and all of the above. But I cannot even get it to start with starting fluid in the throttle body. I purged a little gas out of the engine that was sitting in the lines and noticed it was a reddish colour, did that until it started to look cleaner but still no turn over
From what I was told the body has 180k on it and the engine is out of a caddy same size and spec with 90k on it. So it should have some life left in it. At least enough to be my beach truck. In no way shape or form is this truck pretty but cosmetics are second to functionality to me
Any info is greatly appreciated