1987 Cadillac Fleetwood

1987 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD
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1987 Cadillac Fleetwood V8 Front Wheel Drive Automatic 128 K miles

my car wouldnt start right after i dorve to the gas station and put gas in it. so i put a new fuel pump, fuel filter, and fuel line going to fuel filter. then i tried starting it again and nothing... so i checked my distributor and my ignition rotor had came off. so i put it back on and then i tried starting it. it started but it shoke the whole car, so im thinking its misfiring. and if i leave the car running for bit it turns off. i took one spark plug out and connected it with the spark plug wire outside the enigne to see if it was producing spark. it wasnt. so i put a new ignition rotor, terminal module, ditributor cap, coil pack, spark plugs and spark plug wires. but it still runs really rough and still shakes the car. i just dont know what to do anymore....help please..
Sep 20, 2008 at 4:11 PM
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Hi, when the dist cap came off, did it damage the hall effect sensor in the distributor?
Nov 11, 2008 at 12:05 PM
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thanks for replying. where would the hall effect sensor be in the distsibutor? & wut does it look like it?
Nov 18, 2008 at 5:52 PM
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Yes it is in the distributor. Under the rotor, several small wires connect to it.
Nov 18, 2008 at 6:29 PM
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wut kind of damage should i be looking for on the hall effect sensor?
Nov 19, 2008 at 11:14 AM
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The failure wuill not be visable.
Nov 19, 2008 at 11:20 AM
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it is not damaged. i found out injector 1 was not spraying. so i switched the connector from injector 1 to injector 2 & visa versa. then i saw injector 2 wasnt spraying. once i saw that, i went to my fuses. i saw the fuse was blown for injector 1. i put a new fuse in it. a 3-amp fuse. it started right up and i left it running for about 10 minutes. i cut it off to charge the battery. once the battery was charged i tired cranking it but then it wouldnt. so i tried agian and it started running bad agian. so i checked injector 1 and it wasnt spraying. i checked the fuse and it was blown agian. i checked the wires coming from the injector connector for an open wire but i couldnt see anything. i know i got a short to ground but i dont know where else to check. so i'm thinking about getting a new ECM because i just dont know.
Nov 19, 2008 at 12:24 PM
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After you replace the fuse, disconnect the injectors, then crank the engine over for a bit, then check the fuse, if it is ok, repalce the injectors one at time, they short internaly.
Nov 19, 2008 at 12:55 PM
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thanks for the advice. im gonna try wut u told me & get bak wit u within a week. thanks
Nov 19, 2008 at 7:07 PM