95 Chrysler Cirrus

I bought a 95 Chrysler Cirrus, V6, automatic. It had 117,000 miles on it. The Transmission had been replaced and the air conditioner repaired before I bought it. I changed the oil about two weeks ago.

I have never had  a problem with this car until last weekend when I was out taking fall pictures. I was parked on top of a hill taking pictures when the car quit. I turned off the ignition, then restarted it. I traveled another 7 or 8 miles then pulled off the road. I noticed a weird chemical SMELL coming from the car so I shut it off. A few minutes later I tried to restart it. It wouldn't restart. It tried, but it wouldn't fire.

I had it towed to a garage and they hooked it up to a computer, but it showed nothing wrong. The mechanic thought it was a sensor, but it wasn't. Now he is guessing that it is a Pick-up Coil, or the Computer itself. We are talking big bucks here! Does anyone have any ideas on what might be wrong?

 First check to see if you have "spark" by taking out a spark plug w/the wire connected, be sure it is lying on a ground, turn over the engine and simply see if it sparks. If you do have spark then the next step would be to check for fuel pressure. There is a fuel rail on the top of the motor, locate a valve stem on it, unscrew the cap and depress it, if sprays then we've got good fuel delivery and thats about as far as i could help you with out being there or having more input. Oh, also listen with a stethascope at a fuel injector, if it's working you will hear a loud clicking while turning over the engine. Inspect your oil at the dipstick, look closely for metallic fragments,(hope there isn't any).

 btw, is it a 2.7?, i hope not, those motors have serious problems.  The main deal is that the oil galleries are to small, this causes poor circulation, in turn the oil gets overheated, causing sludge.  Finally causing failure with the motor(usually spun bearings). It is such a large problem there is a law suit against Chrysler. I came up with a qiuck way to resolve this, drill a hole in the lower side of either valve cover, then one at the top of the oil pan, connect the two with proper hose and fittings. As the motor builds oil pressure in the valve train the excess oil can "overflow" down to the crank case, thus, solving this problem. Changing the oil at least every 400 miles helps as well, ya.., 400.