Testing the Fiero
After having been driven out to Lisle, Bolingbrook and back on Saturday, March 17, my Fiero sat in the garage for the next three days, and then refused to start Tuesday, March 20.
Dave Armstrong, my mechanic, couldn't look at it until that Thursday; I flat-bedded it to his shop courtesy of AAA. And wouldn't you know it, when he disconnected the electrical connection to the TBI and had me start it, it roared to life! But then, it promptly stopped again. He tested the spark; nothing wrong there. I wondered if it could have had anything to do with my fill-up at BP that Saturday. He said there was a possibility if sediment in the underground tank had been stirred up. He gave me a bottle of GM fuel system cleaner; hopefully that clears up the problem.
Testing the Fiero
After having been driven out to Lisle, Bolingbrook and back on Saturday, March 17, my Fiero sat in the garage for the next three days, and then refused to start Tuesday, March 20.
Dave Armstrong, my mechanic, couldn't look at it until that Thursday; I flat-bedded it to his shop courtesy of AAA. And wouldn't you know it, when he disconnected the electrical connection to the TBI and had me start it, it roared to life! But then, it promptly stopped again. He tested the spark; nothing wrong there. I wondered if it could have had anything to do with my fill-up at BP that Saturday. He said there was a possibility if sediment in the underground tank had been stirred up. He gave me a bottle of GM fuel system cleaner; hopefully that clears up the problem.