Dodge Avenger Starting and Stalling Problems

98 messages, Last post on Oct 10, 2009 at 12:58 PM

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#97 of 98 97 Avenger 2.5 won't start by rdeitrich Oct 07, 2009 (3:31 pm)
I have a 97 Avenger with a 2.5 that won't start. I'm not geting spark or fuel. It's my understanding that if the ASD were bad that it would only prevent spark. Because I'm not getting either spark or fuel I assumed that the problem is either the crank shaft sensor, cam shaft sensor or PCM. I was able to detrmine that the crank shaft sensor is good by using a volt meter while slowly turning the engine over by hand. It would alternate from 0 to 5vols and back as the engine rotated. That leaves either the cam shaft sensor, which in reality means replacing the distributor or the PCM. Is there a way to determine which it might be? If there is a flaw in my deduction or you have any suggestions please let m know. Replies to this message: rdeitrich (Oct 10, 2009 12:58 pm)
#98 of 98 Re: 97 Avenger 2.5 won't start [rdeitrich] by rdeitrich Oct 10, 2009 (12:58 pm)
Replying to: rdeitrich (Oct 07, 2009 3:31 pm) Ok, I was wrong. The ASD does shut off the fuel as well as the spark. Bottom line, because the cam shaft sensor is part of the distributor I had to replace it. It is running again.