The starter fluid in the intake is to see if the engine wants to start
with fuel (the starter fluid) or not. If it coughs and almost starts
the electrical part of the start system IS working. Then you know the
problem is in the fuel part of the start system. If it just cranks
with A SHOT of the starter fluid you know it's not getting the spark
it needs..
When it starts this morning you can drive it to Q & find the help you
need at the rally.
Good luck!
Rob
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On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 10:31?PM Julia via groups.io
<jgenevy@...> wrote:
I am stranded at a gas station 30 mi east of Quartzsite AZ, where I was going to meet with Tika's Toyota Motorhome annual rally.
I turned off the engine to add gas and it won't start and the temperature is not cold 65° outside. It is 8:00 pm and I'm stuck.
I had these guys help me spray starting fluid in the air cleaner intake, while I turned the ignition. We used up the whole can and it wouldn't start or the engine doesn't stay on just keeps puttering out.
I also turned ignition to power on, but not all the way to set the fuel pump. Nothing good came out of this move.
I posted the same issue on Facebook Nissan D21 and four guys answered. One guy said it is electrical, maybe a crack in the distributor cap or coil. Another guy says maybe a faulty fuse he replaced fuses on a 97 Expedition and it solved 90% of electrical issues. Another guy said the distributor is going bad. Another guy said a critter built a nest in the exhaust or muffler.
Well about the distributor, a year ago when this happened for the first time and I could not find a tow truck for 2 days. The engine started very well and normally on the third day and immediately I drove it to a local solo mechanic near my house (not the one who started it for 30 days and didn't couldn't repeat the problem). But this mechanic listened to the engine and he said the "distributor is bad it's making grinding noises" but he didn't want to deal with Nissan trucks because he says "they're are a lot of trouble and they're not organized well you have to take off so many things to get to the distributor", and he didn't want to do it.
He said "only people who will scam you will deal with this truck because it's so much trouble and hard to work on". When I tell that to others they all say the same, yeah they're hard to work on . He wants to make easy money not deal with my Nissan truck so he told me don't bring it back to him. .
So here I am, a year later writing this while stuck at this gas station tonight, almost arriving in Quartzsite.
I think tomorrow it will start. It has always started on another day.
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Julia - Scottsdale, AZ
