<VV> Non-Corvair "No Start" Help ! sensors

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

> a professional that can be trusted (to not replace the oxygen sensor) and to determine the cause of the not running condition. An oxygen sensor certainly can be destroyed by allowing it to come into contact with coolant 
>

I know a little about pre-OBD II GM's -- O2 input is not a requirement 
for running -- running well is another matter -- most simple sensor 
failures will put a lot of computerized cars into "open loop"  (limp 
home) mode, but the car will run.  I had a Fiero that nearly passed 
emissions testing, except for the exhaust leak and the plain missing O2 
sensor ...  (long story about a car I had just bought and the testing 
station was just down the street ..)

Sorry I can't offer any info on your Probe's ignition, but I'd be 
checking the fuel pump fuse and relay and fuel pressure too,  before I 
worry about that ignition -- remember, it does run for five seconds, 
about the time the ignition crank circuit will run a fuel pump (and 
probably the ignition - check for an ignition fuse) before the computer 
takes over.

The overheat situation does give one call to reflect on what happened in 
the first place however ...

Bill Strickland