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1994 850 starting problems 850 1994

posted by  Matt Dupuis on  Thu Jul 29 03:34 CST 2004
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To put a closer on this thread...

The last time the car ran, it started fine three or four dozen times in a row, back to back in one night. It also got me to work the next morning and home the next afternoon, but when my Wife tried it that evening, it wouldn't run. It kept giving us a 3-1-4 code every time I tried to start it, and occasionally a 3-2-5, Memory Failure. Like I said, that got me worried...

Anyway, I tried unplugging and plugging in the computer, cleaning the contacts, unplugging and plugging in the cam sensor, chasing the wires... nothing. After probably 2 dozen times attempting to start the car, it stopped giving me error codes altogether! It still wasn't starting, but now I wasn't getting the 3-1-4 code I previously got EVERY time it failed.

So I parked it until I got $200 CDN to buy a cam position sensor.

Threw it in last night. Car started first try, started every time we tried it last night (7 or 8 times), started this morning when my wife took it to work... I think it's fixed.

So, after all the terror from seeing all the posts on this list about how replacing the cam sensor didn't fix the 3-1-4 code, I thought it was time for a little good news.

Thanks for the help, everyone.

Matt






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