Hey Guys,

So last Tuesday, my maxima died while on the highway. In a 10 minute period of driving it went from normal power to dead. I had to pull off to the closest offramp where the car stalled and hasn't turned on since (had to push it off the road). I had several ODB-II codes, but the one that stuck out to me was the camshaft bank 2 position sensor.

The car was impounded because it was "parked" in a bad spot. While in the pound I pulled the codes, and had the car towed to my house. From their I ordered (in chronological order):
(1) Bank 1 camshaft sensor (Hitachi)
(1) Bank 2 Camshaft sensor (Hitachi)
(1) Crankshaft sensor (Duralast)
(6) spark plugs
(1) Battery
Mobil one oil change and filter.

So i did some searching on the forums and found out their was a recall on the cam and crank sensors, so i replaced them all.

I cleared the codes with the obd-2 scanner, and have NONE now. The car will crank but not start.
After trying to start the car for a day I pulled the plugs to test for spark, and they were all flooded. I replaced the plug with new NKG plugs changed the oil, and with the help of the old lady watched as plugs fired with them out of the block. The started cranks and shakes the engine with alot of *****, so i dont think its the starter.
Spark Check

Next, i checked the fuel pump. I disconnected the line from the pump and turned on aux power and watched it spray everywhere.

Fuel Check

I took off the Air filter and my buddy put his hand over the intake to feel the air being pulled in while cranking.
Air Check

I cleaned off the main ground going to the (Engine block or tranny, cant tell.) from the battery.

I installed a new battery because the old one got tired of cranking senselessly.

It sounds like the car is on the verge of starting, but just doesn't. I checked for the NATS fault, but the security light never comes on that i can tell. I tried the valet key to prove it out.


Please help, this 6 speed HLSD with 145k cant be done.

HELP!

 

Maf sensor okay?

The silver car I picked up, the maf died so car would go BLOOP BLOOP BLOOP (like bass shaking a room) around the 2000k mark making it impossible to drive

 

Put your old sensors back in ONE at a time. Even the supposed dead one. Try starting it, its a pain but sometimes the "NEW" sensors are sheet.

 

The car won't start at all, it cranks, it sparks, the fuel pump work but it wont actually run.

 

again recheck the cam position sensors! you bought all new? maybe one of them is defective

 

Or it's brand new non oem and the Maxima being so picky hates it

 

George just stop man...

The guy has an actual problem with his car and wants actual answers from people who have 100% of their brains intact

 

maxima are picky

 

this is really simple and a no brainer, but did you actually try hitting the gas while cranking, your car sat for a while at the pound, just saying.

i went away 5 days, and came home and it cranked and didn't turn over, tried over and over, once I hit the gas while cranking it turned over.

 

Kind of hard to say, since you are getting fuel and getting ignition but not getting to turn over. so kind of hard to see why it won't firing up, since both of those elements of fuel and ignition should do. Apparently you might not getting fuel in the cylinder. Do you smell strong fuel when you pull the plug out coming out of the spark tube?

 

mine was doing that with bent valves i kno its a long shot but hook up a vacume gauge and see what its got while its cranking

 

fuses? try unplugging the maf and trying to start it. damn, it sucks cause you replaced exactly what the faults were and it wont start. i feel your frustration

 

Possibly alternator is bad. Symptoms would show in low battery voltage among other things.

 

did you get this car going???

 

i too would like to kno what he found out.

 

Does the Op still have the car?