Q: Changed our fuel pump, cps, distributer, and have checked all connectors, as well as spark but still not starting.

asked by on October 04, 2016

Will crank but will not start. Getting .3 from the plug for the coil. Getting spark from coil pack. Getting fuel and getting air. Ob2 scanner wont connect to pull codes but will get power off of connection. I believe possible ecm problem

My car has 183462 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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