My car wont crank

Asked by Jonathan Apr 10, 2017 at 11:52 PM about the 1998 Ford Escort 2 Dr ZX2 Cool Coupe

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a Ford escort zx2 98 and I just changed the
timing belt, water pump, spark plugs, new wires
and the fuel pump and my car still won't crank can
anyone help me please

3 Answers

GuruBBFZ answered 7 years ago

Did you put a new rotor and cap on? New coil? Hope you can get it started. Maybe a new starter? Battery?

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GuruBBFZ answered 7 years ago

Also there is a module at the base of the distributor can also cause this. So much to test and hard to diagnose with out being there.

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hutchlog answered 4 years ago

2000 ford escort wont crank? I've put a New battery in the car and everything works except it wont crank the engine not even a click from starter relay???

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