Jeep will not start

[gray_penguin]

Well after 2 days it still fired right up and runs like normal.

I think the issue was the camshaft position sensor was telling the computer to tell the coil to fire after the rotor was past the plug wire post. Making the plug fire on or at the bottom of the down stroke. I guess there was enough metal dust in the magnet that makes the camshaft position sensor work to delay the signal.

The strange part to me is the running fine one day and not at all the next.

 

[Ecomike]

I had mine (87) dying when the metal dust had a thin coat all over the inside of the cap.

 

[gray_penguin]

well after a week it died again. I got a new Camshaft position sensor, put it in and it cranked up and ran. turned it off and cleaned up. went back out an hr later and it was back to not starting.

Got my voltage tester back out and went back through testing the harness connector voltages, all were correct.

I could not find anywhere about how to test the voltage on the harness side of the coil connector so went to test my spark plug wires / spark with a screwdriver and ground. the spark was there but very feint. So I went to test coil wire the same way and noticed the connector inside was dusty and a larger diameter then the plug wired. so grabbed new coil wire I had stashed away and replaced it.

DAMN thing fired right up. You know that feeling of happiness mixed with a lot of anger :confused1

The thing was less then a year old! AND should have been one of the first things I replaced, but "It was less then a year old".

Hard expensive lesson learned, "Check ALL the little things, no matter how crazy they are".