1997 Ford Taurus DONT START

LAMFAM126

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1997 FORD TAURUS

1997 FORD TAURUS GL110, 00 MILES MY CAR HAS SAT IN THE DRIVEWAY FOR 2 YRS AFTER SEEING MANY MECHANICS HOPE SOMEONE WILL KNOW WHY MY TAURUS WILL ONLY WHEN IT WANTS TO I COULD GO TO THE STORE COME OUT AND IT WONT START IT SOUNDS LIKE ITS TRYING AND HESATATES AFTER LONG PERIODS OF TRYING OR I COULD GIVE UP COME OUT THE NEXT DAY AND IT STARTS I HAVE CHANGED THE FUEL LINES, PUMP ITS ALL SPARKING RIGHT. ANY CLUE

Friday, March 24th, 2006 AT 10:07 PM

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RAYHUT

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Go out and buy some fuel injection cleaner. If that don't work you might have to replace a few things more. Like your fuel injectors, voltage regulator and or your coil

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Saturday, March 25th, 2006 AT 7:17 AM

LAMFAM126

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FORD TAURUS GL 110,000 TRIED THE FUEL PUMP WAS TOLD SENSOR CRANK SOUND RIGHT TO ANYONE? THE CAR STARTS WHEN IT WANTS TO I CAN DRIVE IT ALL DAY AND THEN NOTHING IT TRYS TO TURN OVER BUT NOTHING THE COIL WAS ALSO REPLACED THE CAR SITS FOR 2 YRS NOW AND TAKES A LONG TIME TO TURN OVER IF YOU CAN GET TO IT ALSO BLOWS OUT ALOT OF WHITE SMOKE AND BOGS DOWN IF YOU DONT KEEP YOUR FOOT ON THE GAS

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Saturday, March 25th, 2006 AT 8:37 AM

PARKSIE

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[quote="LAMFAM126"]FORD TAURUS GL 110,000 TRIED THE FUEL PUMP WAS TOLD SENSOR CRANK SOUND RIGHT TO ANYONE?

I just had a camshaft sensor (sounds similar) replaced on my Pontiac last week. The autoshop teacher at the school where I teach said that a shot sensor can result in the car taking a long time (2+ minutes) to turn over, or result in rough idling, that sort of thing. If you have had that sensor mentioned it might be worthwhile. The GM part cost me about $50CDN, not sure what the equivalent Ford part would cost. Not too expensive though, and worth a shot?

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Sunday, March 26th, 2006 AT 10:11 PM