Help!!!

olycobra97 · 11-15-2007, 01:50 AM

i started my 97 cobra this morning and it started fine then chocked up and died...i then went to start it again and the starter sounded different and it would not start. it just hickuped ervey once and a while...i attempted to start it later and no luck...the starter is working fine and all pulleys are turning...my best guess is something to do with ignition. I need help

SuperG · 11-15-2007, 09:00 AM

Yikes, how about checking the voltage from the battery? Perhaps the alternator is giving in...

blk04cobra1 · 11-15-2007, 12:13 PM

could be a bad coil pack or plug wire...

Big T · 11-15-2007, 08:08 PM

I had a similar problem and the alternator was bad.

ProfChaos · 11-21-2007, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by olycobra97

i started my 97 cobra this morning and it started fine then chocked up and died...i then went to start it again and the starter sounded different and it would not start. it just hickuped ervey once and a while...i attempted to start it later and no luck...the starter is working fine and all pulleys are turning...my best guess is something to do with ignition. I need help

If you are getting an MIL ("check engine" lamp), an OBD-II error code reader should tell you which, if any, cylinders are mis-firing. I had a similar start-up problem after I bought some water-contaminated gasoline from a local Hess station. (According to my OBD-II reader, there were "multiple cylinders mis-firing, random mis-fires".) A relative took me to an Advance Auto Parts, where I bought some STP gas treatment. I then put it into the contaminated gasoline, started the car, topped-off the tank at another gas station, and then added more STP gas treatment for good measure. After a little sputtering and stammering, the gas treatment did its trick. Fortunately, there wasn't a high enough water-to-gasoline percentage to require that I drain the gas tank. Even so, before the gas treatment was added, the car would not start--it acted like it wasn't getting any spark.

cheers,
--Professor Chaos

Cowboy · 11-21-2007, 08:57 PM

Is the car trying to turn over and hiccups or is the starter only clicking and once and awhile kicks??? Because it sounds to me like the fuel deliverycould be the problem.

11-15-2007, 01:50 AM	#1
olycobra97 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Everett WA Posts: 25	Help!!! i started my 97 cobra this morning and it started fine then chocked up and died...i then went to start it again and the starter sounded different and it would not start. it just hickuped ervey once and a while...i attempted to start it later and no luck...the starter is working fine and all pulleys are turning...my best guess is something to do with ignition. I need help

11-15-2007, 12:13 PM	#3
blk04cobra1 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,374	could be a bad coil pack or plug wire... __________________ 2004 Cobra HP Twin 67's 785rwhp on 9lbs of boost

11-15-2007, 08:08 PM	#4
Big T Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Madisonville, Louisiana Posts: 249	I had a similar problem and the alternator was bad. __________________ 2003 black anniversary edition cobra Current Mods: Polished 2.3L whipple Kenne Bell BAP 60# injectors SCT BA 2600 3.5 whipple pulley with aux idler kit 2# LFP lower pulley dyno tune by L&L Automotive flowmaster american thunder catback bbk x-pipe with high flow cats bbk cai Accufab polished TB polished canton coolant reservoir tank LFP dual pass heat exchanger Polished intercooler reservoir tank upr polished underhood kit with hood prop Autolite racing spark plugs .032 gap hilton boost overlay Mickey Thompson ET Streets 275/40/17 566rwhp 536rwtq on mustang dyno Mods to come soon in order: suspension upgrade 2.75 upper pulley waiting for install

11-15-2007, 09:00 AM	#2
SuperG Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,500	Yikes, how about checking the voltage from the battery? Perhaps the alternator is giving in...

11-21-2007, 08:57 PM	#6
Cowboy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 7	Is the car trying to turn over and hiccups or is the starter only clicking and once and awhile kicks??? Because it sounds to me like the fuel deliverycould be the problem.

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