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Originally Posted by slk230red
From my experience, your car should start and run without the OVP relay. It takes longer to start, but it will start and run. You just won't have power to the Idle Control Valve, ABS Computer, and the Fuel Computer.
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ouch, oh well. I was hoping it might be that easy.
I did my best to search for that part but everything I tried wouldn't show me any "overload relay" (as per the link) at that URL.
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However, it will not run without a good Crankshaft Position Sensor (CPS). If it is going bad, you might have intermittent starting problems or hard to re-start after parking it for 30 minutes or so. If it's dead, then no spark, no start.
Do a search for Crankshaft Position Sensor problems.
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I will follow up on reading about it. I'm certainly not qualified to rule it out but I'm almost positive this has to do with whatever we toyed with in the last two days. Or the coil has just decided to quit. I'll know if I see a spark from a plug check right away to look elsewhere. I do have gas - I'm just wondering if I've got all the pressure from that old pump. It's all about dollars unfortunately - I can't just pour a bunch into this car.
I wish I could find a detailed photo of the whole top of the motor showing where all the locations of these switches and sensors are - one of those with arrows pointing to exact locations for old guys like me. I'm ill-equipped with manuals or anything else really.