and it's a Friday with good ol' Northern Va. traffic with all of the holiday shoppers out. Did I mention it's cold andraining outside of my truck?

Here's the deal this time...

I'm stranded w/ my laptop & my OBDII in a parking lot. I havethe codes for 02 sensor and theghostly 1590 (manuf. control veh. spd idle spd control auxillary inputs) code. I stopped at McDonald'sfor a few minutes, came back out and my truck won't start. It turns over like it wants to start, but it doesn't start. I don't want to kill my battery. Any clues would be very much appreciated! My wife's bringing my jump starter, I'll give that a try first. She's an hour away- with no traffic.

I guess I'll be canceling our shopping plans for tomorrow to fix this dang thing.

It's a 2000 Disco II with 150,000 miles on it.

Thanks.

 

where about in NOVA do you live?

 

Did it start again after cooling down?

 

is there a parts store nearby? If there is pick up a $3 can of starting fluid and a $5 spark tester, they will help narrow down what the problem is. good luck.

 

My office is in Chantilly andI live in Culpeper.

IJUST got home.

 

Hey NiteTrain,

Yeah, there's a few Olympus's and AutoZone's around there. I already called to see whattheir hours are tomorrow. I don't guess that could hurt if I give that a shot for 8 bucks, huh.

It almost seems like it's not getting fuel or something. I replaced the plugs & wires about three months ago, but I didn'tknow about the Magnacors until I had already switched them out.I think I still have my old plug wires. I may take them in case I just need to swap out a plug or two to get her home.

I'm also wondering if that mysterious 1590 code is catching up to me now.

Anyone else have any recommendations?

 

did you get the truck HOME or is it still up north?

 

No spark = crank sensor
No fuel = fuel pump

 

No, I didn't get the truck home. It's still in Fairfax. I could never get itstarted. It sounded like it was on the verge of starting, but I sat there tryingto get it to start with probably 20 minute intervals in between foralmost 2 hours.

If I can't come up with some concrete ideas by 6:30am tomorrow morning then it looks like a 40 mile tow bill coming.

This sucks BIG TIME.

 

Sounds like the fuel pump.