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[Joe Miceli]

hiyas - my 2002 S60 AWD started yesterday, idled a moment, but when i pressed the gas pedal it conked out - and now it won't turn over at all - it cranks and occasionally i hear it try and kick over but then goes right back to the crank - starting to get battery low voltage reading, i guess because i am cranking it over and over hoping it will turn over - also saw a reduced engine performance reading after i cranked it a bunch last night

fuel filter? pump? timing? - wondering if i can trust a local guy or should i definitely get it to a dealership

thank you for any insight

[Joe Miceli]

only 52,000 miles on the car

[Ihatespeedbumps]

If you press the shcrader valve at the end of the fuel rail do you get a burst of fuel or a small dribble?

[Joe Miceli]

have to go out and try to find the schrader valve and press it

[Joe Miceli]

you mean press on it while i have someone crank the motor?

[sjmcarz]

Crank it for a moment and then stop, THEN go and see if there's pressure.

[Joe Miceli]

only dribbled out of the valve - car started for a moment when i sprayed starting fluid into the intake - guess i will try changing fuel filter in the morning

thanks for the advice - at least now i am pretty sure it's a fuel pressure issue

[Ihatespeedbumps]

Very doubtful the fuel filter is going to resolve your issue. Have you checked to see if the fuel pump recall has been completed?

[Joe Miceli]

didn't know about a recall but just checked and saw a lot of talk about it from last year - guess i have to call the dealership to see if it is still in effect?

[s60wot]

Dealership replaced my fuel pump under the recall for free and I had over 100k on it.

[Joe Miceli]

i don't think NJ was on the recall list - only certain states like Florida, Arizona and Nevada - i'll have to find out for sure

or maybe the fuel filter swap in the morning will help me and i won't have to change the pump

i've been fortunate so far with not having to repair too much yet since i bought it in 2008, so i guess i am due

[Joe Miceli]

well....off to the shop she goes

[Joe Miceli]

mechanic calls me and says they received my car from the tow company - he got in it, and it started up

i had cranked it for 3 days with no start - wonder if being parked on a hill affected anything - or maybe the fuel filter i changed needed a little while to kick in for some reason?

so now they're doing a check up to see if they find anything peculiar in the system

very weird

[Joe Miceli]

seems back to normal now after 3 days of cranking it with it not starting - stalled car was rolled in neutral across an avenue to a tow truck, went for a 4 mile ride on the flatbed, and then the next morning it somehow started up before the mechanic even did anything - he though it could be that the fuel filter change fixed it, but not immediately, since by then the battery was very weak from all of the previous cranking - so maybe i needed a fully charged start up to get everything going again, after i'd changed the filter

nice not having to drop $400+, and labor $, on a new fuel pump, but i wish i knew for sure what happened

[downunder_slangin]

same problem I'm having now on my 02 s60 t5, just serviced, fuel filter, ETM cleaned & PCV system changed, battery went dead. Replaced battery, 041 Reduced Engine Performance. Will try Shrader valve in the morning. Will crank but not start Might be the ETM also?

[D s50r]

I'm thinking etm but get the codes from the dealer or scan it

[downunder_slangin]

Thanks Mechanic is coming over today to scan it. Hopefully it's something really small.

[downunder_slangin]

Ended up being low fuel causing this problem. The car was [arked on a slant in a bad position where the fuel was draining away from the fuel tank.

[D s50r]

Oh good! I've seen that happen to one customer before car won't start he would have it towed in and car would start right up I had maybe 12 hours into the car checking all the components and what not. Good thing it was a slow two days haha

[downunder_slangin]

Lucky I did my research on the greatest forum known to man @D s50r Cheers bud!