My car cranks but it won't start 2001 Ford Taurus 3.0 single overhead cam

Asked by Guat812 Dec 04, 2016 at 08:26 PM about the 2001 Ford Taurus SES

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Okay folks maybe you guys can help me out
have a 2001 Ford Taurus with 100000 miles
on it car was running fine but then just quit
so I replace the spark plug wires and coil
pack and to even the coolant temperature
sensor I also put a brand new battery in it it
gets Spark and has fuel pressure I can hear
the fuel pump kick on but my car only cranks
but will not start please help

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It sounds like the crank position sensor is not allowing the injectors to fire.

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10/28/18 - Thomas answer is better than my mechanics and everyone else. This is probably because it a sensor usually out of sight and out of mind. I have a 2002 Ford Taurus SES. It has about 203000 miles. I do a full tune up every season or every six months. It’s a work car, a work horse and I need it to run each time I crank my engine. It started to lose fuel pressure and died intermittently. It has a new fuel tank, sending unit and pump so although it’s failing to start most mechanics think it’s a faulty pump. The problem, I just got a fill up at the gas station and my tank is full. The last thing I want to do and then have to rule out is a working fuel pump. The hardest, but easiest thing to do is buy a new Crank Position Sensor and replace the old one which is 18 years old. Thanks Thomas! William Russell Moore

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