Code 14

[Zrain25]

The car has always had a little trouble starting when cold. But usually it fires up pretty fast. Today I went out and I had a hell of a time trying to start it. Got it to operating temp and it wouldn't start unless I had my foot on thr gas buried to the floor. It has never done this it's totally random. I got it to school ok and parked it check the code I got code 14.

I know that the ign code but y would it start so randomly. Before I go out and start it I'm gunna check the coil connections and stuff see if there loose

 

[Nick M]

The random starts are from the bad wiring giving you an intermittent open. Putting your foot on the floor has no effect on its starting. Unless you pour a bunch of gas down the intake. Because when you put your foot on the pedal like that while cranking, stops injection.

 

[Zrain25]

I give it gas once it stumbling to start. I know that pressing the gas in efi car has no effect during cranking. What wires should I check first the coil pack ground

 

[Nick M]

14 means the PCM did not get spark confirmation. So injection is halted. 14 could be a break in wiring from the ignitor to the PCM blocking spark confirmation (IGf) or you never got spark, so there was no signal.

 

[Zrain25]

How can I test the ignitor

 

[BryanDyer]

look in the tsrm

 

[Zrain25]

All the code 14 symptoms iv been reading say there car wouldn't start at all my car started after a little and drove fine. Just had issues starting for some reason I'm leaning towards a bad connection

 

[Zrain25]

Go all new connectors for the turbo side wireing. The cps wiring was replaced with a 4 pin trailer harness.,, talk about hack

 

[Zrain25]

Ohh and the car started right up after school so it's defiantly a wire issue

 

[Nick M]

How can I test the ignitor

Pull a plug wire, put in an old plug that isn't fouled, and ground it. If it sparks, you have a break in the IGf wire. I would think more along the lines of a bad pick up signal.

 

[Zrain25]

Got it fixed rewired the cps and put a new cold start injector pigtail onand it fired right up