I inherited my dad's old 1995 Chevy K2500 pickup that has a 5.7L and a 5 speed manual transmission. It ran ok until March and then started having problems starting. When April hit and it warmed up outside a little more (50's), it completely quit starting. It turns over fine but won't fire: it's not getting gas or spark. Over the summer I changed the distributor cap and ignition module with no change. Last year I changed the fuel filter. Today I went out and tried it again and it started right up, with the temperatures in the 40's. After driving it around for a few miles, I parked it at home and now it won't start again. I suspect in the morning when it's near freezing it might start again.
Does anyone have any idea what would make one of these old throttle body injection trucks not get gas or spark? Maybe an Intermittent computer problem? I've seen other people in these forums with bad crankshaft position sensors have issues when their trucks warm up, but mine ran fine warmed up (until I turned the ignition off). Could that still be the problem? I can't think of any other item that would shut off the gas and spark.
Thanks for any ideas!
Does anyone have any idea what would make one of these old throttle body injection trucks not get gas or spark? Maybe an Intermittent computer problem? I've seen other people in these forums with bad crankshaft position sensors have issues when their trucks warm up, but mine ran fine warmed up (until I turned the ignition off). Could that still be the problem? I can't think of any other item that would shut off the gas and spark.
Thanks for any ideas!
