BeerTurbo Donating Members 241 Member For: 7y 1m 3d Posted 19/11/19 12:37 PM Share Posted 19/11/19 12:37 PM Hi Guys my mate has a AU falcon ute for skids, its been parked up for about 6 months and the engine has been out. we tried to start it the other day and we are getting nothing. it has a j3 in ecu, so no smartshield/smartlock. all relays have been checked and with the fuses. when you put the car to ign, the fuel pump does not prime. when you put it to start there is no starter. if you manually trigger relays for fuel pump, it works. if you manually trigger the starter motor, it works. kinda obviously we are not getting spark or fuel. the pcm gets its power and ground, and the key on 12+. we can connect to obd2 and pull codes from pcm (no codes) have been trying to read the wiring diagrams and follow through with fault finding, but I thought id ask the Internets professionals for ideas...so im all ears. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/95324-au-falcon-wont-start/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,543 Member For: 17y 2m 2d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 19/11/19 01:17 PM Share Posted 19/11/19 01:17 PM @eff xr6t might know... I've got no idea, though, other than to say it must be an electrical issue as the fuel pump priming is all electrical. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/95324-au-falcon-wont-start/#findComment-1690029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 12y 3m 18d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 20/11/19 01:35 AM Share Posted 20/11/19 01:35 AM Am tipping it's a manual, but if it's an auto it's not the gear lockout? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/95324-au-falcon-wont-start/#findComment-1690032 Share on other sites More sharing options...
col86 New Member 6 Member For: 2y 11m 21d Posted 22/06/22 10:14 AM Share Posted 22/06/22 10:14 AM hi ive got the exact problem no start an no fuel tested fuel an starter both work on my 99 ford fairlane au had motor an gearbox out for 4 month had to replace gearbox by the time I put everything back in nothing but fuel pump an stater working fine let us know if you get urs going Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/95324-au-falcon-wont-start/#findComment-1712818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
col86 New Member 6 Member For: 2y 11m 21d Posted 18/07/22 05:42 AM Share Posted 18/07/22 05:42 AM I have the same problem with my 99 fairlane au series 1 would like to hear what I should check for Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/95324-au-falcon-wont-start/#findComment-1713277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vehicular Tomfoolery New Member 1 Member For: 1m 1d Posted 12/05/25 01:11 AM Share Posted 12/05/25 01:11 AM Gday mate, did you end up fixing the issue? Having the same thing with my manual AUII XR6 VCT sedan. Was fine, then did a brake upgrade and master cylinder replacement and now it’s doing the same issue as yours did. Cheers Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/95324-au-falcon-wont-start/#findComment-1726278 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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