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Old May 2, 2010 | 07:05 PM
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so today went to my car and went to start it and it just cranks has fuel, spark, everything is good looked at timing nothing wrong ohm the distributor, does anyone have any ideas? been told by my supra buddies sounds like ecu took a poop has anyone had this happen i need my car?
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somethings missing. you cant have fuel and spark and not start. have you done anything to the car?
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no its completely stock I have fuel, spark , compression this is why i am stumped everything turns what if the battery is low would that be something
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possibly, but if youre able to crank it, it should fire. how does everything in the dist. cap/rotor/wires look? possible crank sensor issue even?
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Does the CEL come on when you turn the key to ON?

This verifies the EFI circuit and the ECU are powered up and ready.
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CeL comes on but no codes! i checked it
and the pickup inside the dist has a crack in it but it ohms out good
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