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[FIXED] 2008 Grand Prix 3800 cranking no start

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7 years 10 months ago #16790 by Tyler
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No worries, thanks sir. :cheer: I figured the fuse got popped at some point during all the short to ground testing I'd suggested. Maybe the unplugged connector brushed up against the ICM mounting? Whatever, it's fixed! :silly:
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7 years 10 months ago #16797 by Tutti57
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Tyler wrote: No worries, thanks sir. :cheer: I figured the fuse got popped at some point during all the short to ground testing I'd suggested. Maybe the unplugged connector brushed up against the ICM mounting? Whatever, it's fixed! :silly:

Now heading over to their house to see why it's misfiring. They said it did it the whole way home. I let them know that on of the could was cracked, so I'll start there.

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7 years 10 months ago - 7 years 10 months ago #16809 by Tutti57
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Tyler wrote: No worries, thanks sir. :cheer: I figured the fuse got popped at some point during all the short to ground testing I'd suggested. Maybe the unplugged connector brushed up against the ICM mounting? Whatever, it's fixed! :silly:

Now heading over to their house to see why it's misfiring. They said it did it the whole way home. I let them know that on of the could was cracked, so I'll start there.

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It was the cracked coil. The trusty gtc-505 showed that the wires on that coil only had 1.5-2kv compared to the others having about 5kv. A new coil fixed that.

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7 years 10 months ago #17098 by Tyler
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Juiced105 finally found the Premium series I was looking for. :woohoo: Just adding this to the thread for anyone searching later.

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