Hello and welcome to our forum. This is a starting point for all questions that are posted. We have a hard time trying to get information to help you fix your vehicle. We NEED all the information you can give to us to help you. Remember, we do not have the vehicle in front of us and have our diagnostic tools hooked up. So please supply the following information:

Year of vehicle
Make of vehicle (Ford/ Chevrolet)
Model of vehicle ( Taurus/ Cavalier) (DX, LX, SE, R/T, ect.)
Engine size (2.0/ 5.7)
Mileage/Kilometers

Please also state in the subject line - "Vehicle Year , make and problem" so it will help us and others identify the problem.

Then describe what the vehicle is or is not doing. Do not say "CAR WILL NOT START, REPLACED FUSE, STILL WON'T START. WHAT IS WRONG?" We need to know what lead up to the car not starting. -- Lights started dimming and then car died. -- Just running down the road and the vehicle stopped running. --Made some noises and it died.

Then we need what you have tried so far. Replaced battery -- replaced fuel filter -- replaced relay. What have you done to try to correct the problem? We need to know these things so we do not have to suggest something that you have already have done. That helps neither one of us. It just takes up more time. We really want to help you and want you to come back here for your advice.

If you think it is a fuel problem, please have the fuel pressure readings when posting. If you think it is spark, be sure you have checked to see if spark is actually going across the spark plugs.

If you just don't know for sure, we will assist you as best as we can, but the more information we have, the better information we can give you.

PLEASE LOOK AT DATE OF POSTS!!!!! If it is over a few weeks old, you probably are not going to get an answer. Please respond to newer threads. Do not attach your problem to another post. Please start a new thread.

Thank you for reading and please help us help you. I am sure DanD, Tom Greenleaf, Dr. Electrics and the others here agree with this.

OK Let's fix your car. way2old


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Being way2old is why I need help from younger minds

(This post was edited by carjunky on May 29, 2009, 5:32 PM)

Absolutely right on way2old. Threads get long just finding out what should have been in the first post and are less likely to get attention. Let's leave that STICKY up top here and hope folks will comply,

Thanks,

Tom Greenleaf
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Tom Greenleaf - MetroWest, Boston

Nice post. Let's get it done


**Working PART-TIME for Carjunky for a while, Please bare with me =)**



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Good one!
Now all we need is for people to read this. LOL

DAn.

Canadian "EH"

That is your part Dan.


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Being way2old is why I need help from younger minds

good post...i'd like to add-encourage folks to reply with what fixed the vehicle .i read a lot of posts and hardly see what finally repaired the vehicle.

Good point.

Dan

Canadian "EH"

Guess I gotta agree with the guest and DanD on this too. Forgot to add that. We really appreciate the fix post. That way DanD can continue to rack up good fixes. Just can't seem to catch him. ( and he was gone for a couple of months) Guess it is because about all I see is Fords.


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(This post was edited by way2old on Dec 14, 2007, 5:52 PM)