1993 Mustang 2.3 I Have Fuel, Have Spark, But Not Starting, Suggestions?
like the title says, my 93 2.3 wont start. i have fuel and i have spark. the crank sensor is fairly new, less than a year old. it just cranks over and wont do anything, right before this happened it ran really rough and had really black exhaust, so i turned it off. since then no go. im stumped what can it be?
Check all of your harness connections, especially the large one near the back of the engine (yours may have two, 5.0s do, but earlier 2.3s just have one) if that wiggles loose, you'll have spark and fuel pressure, but your injectors won't fire. When it's just loose enough for intermittent contact, the car will run rich and misfire until it comes all the way loose (seen this problem twice, once with a 2.3 once with a 5.0).
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1976 Ford Mustang II Ghia: 302 with a 600cfm Edelbrock carb, Edelbrock Performer 289 intake, Dynomax Blackjack headers, 2.5" exhaust with Flowmaster Super 44s. RJS 11-gallon fuel cell, C4 tranny, chrome 16" pony wheels, fuzzy dice, brown vinyl half-top, and painted in the tackiest color ever (harvest gold, that's why I call it "The Goldenrod").
Also have a 2003 Dodge Ram (lightly modded daily driver/tow rig/office/dining room/home away from home/workshop... I call it "The Big Blue Dawg".)
lol i have a similar problem with a tractor im working on...so if u figure that out lemme know what u found...
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As you may have guessed- I'm a young gun with dreams of pimpin' my baby 2.3n/a into a fire-breathin Shadow Runner.
so far:
1987 hatchback mustang
2.3L, replaced to a '89
Air silencer removed
t-5 all the way
1400 watt sound system w/ twin 12" chrome subs
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flooded plugs,timing belt slipped?,thats why i prefer the good old distributor versus the DIS,but most all new cars if not all run DIS nowadays,..in my opinion all the new cars are disposable junk,aluminum plastic garbage,,hey good luck with your car,post back what you find oh by the way your 2.3 is definatelly not garbage iam a 2.3 lover
ok so heres what iv got.
replaced the tps, iac, mass air meter, coil packs, spark plugs (twice), fuel pressure regulator. and still nothing. this is really starting to p!$$ me off! it cranks over and if i hold the gas pedal it sputers like its going to start but as soon as i let off the key or pedal it stops. please someone throw me some ideas here.
now that i think about it when i put in the tc motor mine did the same thing and it ended up being the cylinoid i put a new one in and it fired right up
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87 stang ,full tc conversion,full A.T.R dual exaust,k&n high flow filter,hood modified to accept tc intercooler ports,lots more on the way!!!!!
ok so heres what i got.
when i unplug the mass air, it starts up, but runs kinda rough. i plugged mass air back in while running, improved a little but still rough. so i let it sit and idle for about 1/2 an hour. went back out and pushed the gas a little, and it just died. would not start again unless i unpluged mass air. so whats going on here? mass air is new. tried to swap with old one with same results so that is out. please someone chime in with somthing.
wonder if you can still have spark and a faulty crankshaft sensor,?they do go out or are covered with dirt/misaligned/broken,,only the DIS models like yours have them,,what do you mean as soon as you let off the key it dies,,wrong connection at starter relay? ignition switch bad? they are notorious for those going bad
1993 Mustang 2.3 I Have Fuel, Have Spark, But Not Starting, Suggestions? 
