Ok, the car is now starting hot, cold and whenever.
Please chime in to let me know what you think.
I thought it was a spark issue, I was convinced it was, due to my troubleshooting.
Now I'm not sure, but, I'll be the first one to shrug my shoulders and admit I screwed up somewhere.
To recap, I could have sworn there was no spark due to my past trouble shooting...mainly using my timing light and also by holding the spark plug by the exhaust manifold.
Fast forward to this morning...As, stated there was power to the ignition coil this AM with the key "on."
As I'm in the engine bay checking things out and asking my Son to turn the ignition on and off, I hear the Idle Control Valve (ICV) "clicking."
I remove the electrical connection, reconnect it, start the car and it starts right up.
Let the car run for a while...turn the car off, it starts it up immediately. I repeat this numerous times and the car starts again no issues. I'm still thinking - something is wrong here because the ICV leads me to think it's fuel related, not spark/ignition.
So here we are. I'm happy it's starting as it should. I'm assuming it was the ICV. Am I missing something? I was skeptical, but, it's starting and running as it should.
If someone wants to "school" me...please do so.
I wanted to make sure I post the results to help someone else.
Kinda drives me crazy when someone reports an issue, they get alot of help and they don't post the results.
Thanks so much to everyone (Dave, Frank and Diesel) who posted! Dwayne
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