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I have an 86 Lebaron 2.5 TBI. I just bought it. Over a two day period progressively got harder and harder to start. I had to use the throttle pedal to get it to start. Eventually it wouldn't start at all. I put plugs in it. The old ones were blackened. I got a fault code 22. Coolant sensor. So I replaced the sensor. While replacing the sensor, I left the battery disconnected to clear codes. The first time I tried to start the car after the cooland sensor was installed, the car started right up. I'm thinking "awesome". I turned the car off and tried to restart it.It started hard again and continued to start hard over the next couple days. I was back to working that throttle pedal to get it to start. Now i'm not even getting a sputter. The car is throwing a code 22 again. It threw a code 25 once too. but that has cleared and hasn't come back. I inspected the plugs. they were washed clean from fuel. I replaced the plugs again. When I crank it over it soaks the plugs again within seconds and wont start. I've inspected the coolant sensor connector and wires and everything visually looks good. If i crank it over with a plug connected to a spark plug wire, it has spark. i really can't afford to replace every sensor in this car by process of elimiation. Has anybody encountered a problem like this and resolved it?
Thanks in advance for your input!
Al
I have an 86 Lebaron 2.5 TBI. I just bought it. Over a two day period progressively got harder and harder to start. I had to use the throttle pedal to get it to start. Eventually it wouldn't start at all. I put plugs in it. The old ones were blackened. I got a fault code 22. Coolant sensor. So I replaced the sensor. While replacing the sensor, I left the battery disconnected to clear codes. The first time I tried to start the car after the cooland sensor was installed, the car started right up. I'm thinking "awesome". I turned the car off and tried to restart it.It started hard again and continued to start hard over the next couple days. I was back to working that throttle pedal to get it to start. Now i'm not even getting a sputter. The car is throwing a code 22 again. It threw a code 25 once too. but that has cleared and hasn't come back. I inspected the plugs. they were washed clean from fuel. I replaced the plugs again. When I crank it over it soaks the plugs again within seconds and wont start. I've inspected the coolant sensor connector and wires and everything visually looks good. If i crank it over with a plug connected to a spark plug wire, it has spark. i really can't afford to replace every sensor in this car by process of elimiation. Has anybody encountered a problem like this and resolved it?
Thanks in advance for your input!
Al