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Dave Ronaldson
Newbie
western australia
gt lexus

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Reg: 11-2012

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Tuesday, March 05, 2013 - 06:27 pm, by:  Dave Ronaldson (Dave_ronaldson) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hi Guys.....My V8 cranks over but wont fire up.....any idea please ??
Tom Richards
Goo Roo
nsw
V8

Posts: 1412
Reg: 08-2005

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Tuesday, March 05, 2013 - 06:29 pm, by:  Tom Richards (Tomr) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

check all fuses
Shane Haverkamp
DieHard
nsw
soarer TT

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Reg: 10-2007

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Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - 03:18 pm, by:  Shane Haverkamp (Havabeer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

check the fault codes first. its in the "how to" section on the main page.

but could be a whole range of things.

is it getting spark from the plugs
is it getting fuel
whats the crank angle sensor doing

have you done any work to it recently or just for some random reason did it just stop cranking. you need to provide as much information as you can rather then just "wont start" as it'll help narrow it down
Dave Ronaldson
Tinkerer
western australia
gt lexus

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Reg: 11-2012

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 10:48 pm, by:  Dave Ronaldson (Dave_ronaldson) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks guys....Will post more info ASAP
Boris Siljanoski
Goo Roo
Western Australia
LS400 + Soarer.

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 11:28 pm, by:  Boris Siljanoski (Z2tt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Failed ECU from leaking Capacitors will cause this in V8's Usually sometimes when it's gotten to the worse stage, check the capacitors aren't leaking.
Tom Claffey
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NSW
V8

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Sunday, March 22, 2015 - 09:43 pm, by:  Tom Claffey (Tom_claffey) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Boris Siljanoski wrote on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 11:28 pm:




Bringing to the top as I have just had the same problem after much searching. My V8 would only start when dead cold in the end. The capacitors being replaced sorted out the problem.
Tom
Brett Harrison
DieHard
QLD
JZZ30

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Sunday, March 22, 2015 - 11:17 pm, by:  Brett Harrison (Bretto) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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