[Shotimes] SHO cranking but not starting

[Carl Prochilo]

Wow does this bring back bad memories.  I once owned a Plymouth Voyager with
the Mitsu 2.6L engine.  We were on a trip down to Long Island down the
Taconic, a very pretty scenic and hilly road.  On one of the uphill climbs,
all of a sudden no power but the engine is still running.  Pull off to the
side of the road, turn off the engine.  Then try to restart it and got that
aweful whirring sound.  Had my wife and two small children.  Had to get the
van and us towed.  Eventually got a mechanic to open up the engine to find
that the flywheel had sheared in a circular pattern just outside where the
bolts connect the flywheel to the crankshaft.  I kept that flywheel for
years to remind what a major POS that Plymouth was.

Having seen the SHO flywheel many times, I find it hard to think that tank
of a part could break, but I suppose anything is possible.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
1992 Ultra Red Crimson

Mike Murphy said:
> Flywheel is done.  Time for a clutch upgrade also while your at it.
>
> Murph
>
>
> From: "Koper Jim" <jkoper@frankgates.com>
> Reply-To: <jkoper@frankgates.com>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Shotimes] SHO cranking but not starting
> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 16:37:19 -0500
>
> My '92 SHO is exhibiting a no-start behavior. I went to start it the other
> day and it didn't quite catch after I released the ignition key. It was a
> solid crank. "No big deal", I thought, "I'll try again." The second time I
> tried it I heard an electric whirring sound, similar to when a starter is
> bench tested. I figured the armature gear was not engaging the flywheel. The
> starter was 4 years old (Ford reman), so I yanked it and put an Advanced
> Auto Parts reman starter on the car. SAME WHIRRING SOUND occurred, so the
> starter does not appear to be the weak link.
>
> A few observations:
>
> When the starter is whirring, I noticed the serpentine belt was turning,
> though slower than what I'd think a normal crank would produce.
>
> The engine does not catch now, but does turn.
>
> Complete 60K done in summer 02 (10K miles ago). Timing belt, camshaft sensor
> and crankshaft sensor replaced at that time.
>
> New plugs and wires recently.
>
> Until this happened, it always cranked solidly.
>
> Any ideas? Would the DIS be bad? Ignition switch on its way out? Fuel
> injection concerns? I want to pull the timing belt cover to verify the belts
> OK.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Jim Koper
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