Posted By: origcharger
1990 Caravan 3.3 liter, No Start, Flash Code 55 - 12/29/08 10:38 PM
Likely culprit(s) for the code 55 on this 3.3?
1990 Caravan 3.3 liter, No Start, Flash Code 55
Posted By: NITROUSN
Re: 1990 Caravan 3.3 liter, No Start, Flash Code 55 - 12/29/08 10:45 PM
55 is end of message. Do you have spark? Fuel pressure?
Posted By: bryansgarage
Re: 1990 Caravan 3.3 liter, No Start, Flash Code 55 - 12/29/08 11:57 PM
Check the secondary braided ground strap from the neg. battery terminal to the block. My 95 Caravan broke/rotted and had a no start condition.
Posted By: 69L78Nova
Re: 1990 Caravan 3.3 liter, No Start, Flash Code 55 - 12/30/08 12:40 AM
Check the crank sensor. In fact, replace the crank sensor. Whether it needs it or not. They are NOTORIOUS for going bad. Its cheap and extremely easy to do. They wont always set a code.
Posted By: rrunner
Re: 1990 Caravan 3.3 liter, No Start, Flash Code 55 - 12/30/08 01:10 AM
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55 is end of message. Do you have spark? Fuel pressure?
First things first, this is where you need to start. 
Posted By: origcharger
Re: 1990 Caravan 3.3 liter, No Start, Flash Code 55 - 01/01/09 05:41 PM
Yea, trying to take a shortcut through the key board in a comfortable chair. 
We have no spark.
We have no spark.
Posted By: stumpy
Re: 1990 Caravan 3.3 liter, No Start, Flash Code 55 - 01/01/09 05:54 PM
Could also be the cam sensor in the distributor.
Posted By: origcharger
Re: 1990 Caravan 3.3 liter, No Start, Flash Code 55 - 01/01/09 07:25 PM
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Could also be the cam sensor in the distributor.
There is a cam sensor but there is no distributor.
This van was parked and took a headlamp fracturing bump in the drivers front corner and has not started since. Since the ECM is located in that area I believe I will check all connections there and then possibly try that crankshaft sensor.
Posted By: origcharger
Re: 1990 Caravan 3.3 liter, No Start, Flash Code 55 - 01/03/09 06:20 PM
Ok, no spark, has momentary power at the B+ terminal at the coil as per the manual and then momentary power again while cranking. I had the ECM disconnected and now it has a flash code of 12, no 12 is listed in the manual I am using. Once again its a 1990 3.3 Caravan but my only 3.3 manual is for a 93 Acclaim.
The thing is everything seems to be intermittant, once I detected constant power at the coil B+ while cranking, I then reconnected things and it cranked like the timing was off, fired and ran poorly till it died. Now nothing again, any ideas??? Any spots in harness that may be prone to issues?
The thing is everything seems to be intermittant, once I detected constant power at the coil B+ while cranking, I then reconnected things and it cranked like the timing was off, fired and ran poorly till it died. Now nothing again, any ideas??? Any spots in harness that may be prone to issues?
Posted By: NITROUSN
Re: 1990 Caravan 3.3 liter, No Start, Flash Code 55 - 01/03/09 06:35 PM
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my only 3.3 manual is for a 93 Acclaim.
A 93 acclaim should be a 3.0 which is completely different.
Posted By: stumpy
Re: 1990 Caravan 3.3 liter, No Start, Flash Code 55 - 01/03/09 07:04 PM
I think 12 means battery or power was disconnected.
Posted By: origcharger
Re: 1990 Caravan 3.3 liter, No Start, Flash Code 55 - 01/04/09 01:53 AM
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my only 3.3 manual is for a 93 Acclaim.
A 93 acclaim should be a 3.0 which is completely different.
The manual has a 3.3 - 3.8 section. It also has a 3.0 and a four cylinder section. It covers several differant letter designated Chrysler autos.
Posted By: NITROUSN
Re: 1990 Caravan 3.3 liter, No Start, Flash Code 55 - 01/04/09 03:25 AM
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my only 3.3 manual is for a 93 Acclaim.
A 93 acclaim should be a 3.0 which is completely different.
The manual has a 3.3 - 3.8 section. It also has a 3.0 and a four cylinder section. It covers several differant letter designated Chrysler autos.
So its not a factory FSM.
Posted By: origcharger
Re: 1990 Caravan 3.3 liter, No Start, Flash Code 55 - 01/04/09 04:15 AM
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my only 3.3 manual is for a 93 Acclaim.
A 93 acclaim should be a 3.0 which is completely different.
The manual has a 3.3 - 3.8 section. It also has a 3.0 and a four cylinder section. It covers several differant letter designated Chrysler autos.
So its not a factory FSM.
It is a FSM, I should have said its a manual set we got that covered a 93 Acclaim we had, rather than imply that it was a specifically only for an Acclaim.