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No start. Please help 850 1995

Hi, my 95 850 turbo won’t start, any help would be very much appreciated. Last run was the evening before. A trip about 5 miles nothing unusual no dash lights and let idle it idle before shutoff. Next morning car cranks but won’t start. I can’t find spark. Tested the coil and got .5 and 7.7k , close to the .5 and 8-9k the manual says to look for. Also I have an oil leek from the filler cap. I noticed it few weeks ago but didn’t realize were it was coming from. What are the possible causes of that? Would it stop ignition? I also found a broken vacuum line at the intake manifold, replaced it, no help. Earlier I followed a suggestion to disconnect the battery for a while. Did this clear any codes that would have been there? Now when I hook up a scanner it return no codes.
No spark, no codes to work with, what should I check next? Thanks, Bill








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No start. Please help 850 1995

I had a similar situation with my '95 855 turbo. It wouldn't start so I drove my backup car until I had time to look at it. I got to playing with it and trying things. I ended up pulling both ECM's from their sockets ( I think one is for the fuel injection, the other the ignition) after that it started right up.








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No start. Please help 850 1995

Your oil leak is most likely due to the rubber gasket on the filler cap. Get a new one; they regularly go bad (harden & don't seal.) Although it's a long shot, has oil leaked down into your spark plugs? probably not, if you don't have spark. I'm not a pro with electrical, but is your coil okay? The only other thing I can think of (and it is NOT related to your "no spark" condtion) is that there can be problems with the fuel pump relay. Good luck.







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