My car stopped

[Pox]

As the title states, my car has stopped. I was putting along today on my way to work at the fun factory, when the car's engine shut off. I can crank it over but it won't start up. I haven't changed anything on it recently so there isn't anything that I have done that might have caused the problem. I believe that it is likely an electrical short as there was no noise that might signal a mechanical problem. It had been raining for the last 2 days before I drove it and some water had leaked into the car (I have the window seals off as I am doing some work on the body). Do you think the water could have somehow osmosized its way into the ECM?

 

[Pox]

Oh, and I have plenty of gas in it.

 

[Red Regal T]

Water is detrimental to ECMs. Is it wet? If so, dry it out and see what happens.

 

[TurboDave]

Also, crawl under the front of the car and check to make sure your crank sensor is still intact.

 

[turbofish38]

If you have a hot wire kit on it for the fuel pump check your fuse. If you can crank it over it should be a fuel or spark problem. Sorry I cant get any more specific than that. Once my timing chain broke and like you didn't suspect anything obvious and spent the better part of an afternoon before I found the problem.

Eric Fisher

 

[Pox]

Thanks, found the problem

Thanks for all you advice and insight guys. As it turns out, I unhooked me ecm and found that one of the pins had rusted and snapped off. I was able to MacGyver a fix good enough to get home. I am gonna try to rig it so that it will last me for a few more weeks, in the hope that it will last till I finish the other engine I am building. Then I'll be switching over to a 86/87 ecm anyway.

Thanks again, Jon