TV-2009-07-28 #022

Jonathan said on July 29th, 2009 at 6:17 pm

My ‘96 Blazer won’t start anymore and I haven’t gotten around to getting it worked on. I imagine it’s the ignition switch, but it could be something more complicated than that. Unfortunately I’m more educated in computers than I am in vehicles.
U-AL said on July 31st, 2009 at 4:34 pm

Having an interest in repairing and reading about cars I can appreciate Carey’s automobile adventures.
Thank you Carey for sharing.

Al ( Pittsburgh Pa.)
Carey Holzman said on August 5th, 2009 at 6:20 pm

I went to school to become an ASE certified mechanic and computers were my hobby. Obviously, things flip-flopped on me and now computers are my career and cars are my hobby. With that said, when a car won’t start its because it’s either not got fuel or it doesn’t have a spark (or the spark is timed wrong). So I would check to be sure fuel is pumping into the culinder and verify the spark plugs are firing. If it has fuel and spark, it may be the ECU. If it has no fuel, could be fuel pump, or fuel filter or clogged line. No spark could be a dozen other things…