RacingBeat

yep.......it had to happen....after two years and 10k miles of ownership. last night, out on the town for my birthday no less, came out of the restaurant and the car wouldn't fire. plenty of juice and the starter sounded normal, just wouldn't turn over...

thanks to mckeel i was on a flatbed in about an hour, 5 miles down the road to the shop. passed the time telling my wife stories of my old MGB.....

"ah you think this is stranded, well there was this one time..."

JRRSA

I had a similar experience with my 86 911. It ended up being the sensor under the driver's seat.

imcarthur

What year is the car?

Ian

theiceman

Not likely to be a sensor under the drivers seat but more a relay . I think you are refering to the DME relay.
Suunds like you are saying it is turning over fine it is just not firing.

IF it is a DME car change the DME relay, even if that is not the culprit you will have a spare.
IF you have verified spark it could be the fuel pump, even if it is not a DME car it could still be the fuel relay

Good luck

JRRSA

You are absolutely correct...it was the DME relay. It turned over sounded fine, however, just wouldn't start. Replaced the relay and all was good again.

RacingBeat

it's an '84 3.2....

yep to clarify the starter was turning over like normal but the car wouldn't fire. at the time it did occur to me that it may not be getting fuel....

is that the kind of thing a mere driver like myself could fix on the fly? guess i need to research the forum archives for DME info huh?

JRRSA

It was an easy fix even for the technically challeged like myself. Same exact symptoms.

madmmac

Now buy another one and put it in your glovebox.

theiceman

slide your drivers seat back and look underneath..

dshepp806

no flatbed needed...prep is.

Best,

RacingBeat

the verdict is in: it was the reference mark sensors....original part that finally gave up

dshepp806

so, the car failed again, after installing the DME relay?

apparently so...

RacingBeat

no it was just the one breakdown apparently caused by the sensors.....

dme was fine, the shop said it had been replaced somewhat recently (i've had the car two years so probably right before i bought it)