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Question: won't start and smells of gas

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john98626, Kelso, WA, July 18, 2009, 21:53
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My 93 Jimmy ran great. Just Had a tune up done with new plugs, wires and so on. It Has 230K and ran like new. Then one day I get up and it won't start. It turns but there doesn't seem to be a spark from the wires. ALso, there seems to be an order of gas in the oil? What the heck did I do?? Any help??

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    patrick mannion from Greg Solow's Engine Room, July 19, 2009, 12:14
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    A smell of gasoline from the engine oil could be a sign the engine has been running rich resulting in engine oil dilution. I wonder if anything has come undone after the tune up, like a connector that got disturbed or has become loose. If that's got a 5.7 V8 its got an electric fuel pump in the fuel tank. If the fuel pump was mechanical mounted on the engine I would be afraid the diaphragm ruptured an was letting fuel into the crankcase. Crank angle or cam angle sensor or many other issues could cause loss of spark/fuel delivery but it is too hard to speculate without seeing the vehicle first hand and be able to do some tests.

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