If your timing is really off your car won't start. Flooded just means that
your flooded with gas. Waiting 30 minutes will cure that as the gas will
evaporate. Try turning the distributor just a little in one direction and
try to start again. Since it ran poorly once, your either going to move it
in the right direction and it will start or further away and it won't. As a
hunch I would say that your spark is way retarded since you didn't mention
any pinging and advancing the spark would be the first way I would try to
turn the distributor.
If you want to check that your spark is firing ok, I guess the safest way
would be to remove a spark plug and plug it into one of the plug wires. lay
the spark plug treads against a ground like the head of the engine and have
someone crank the engine. You should see the spark jump the gap of the spark
plug on its way to ground. Don't try to hold the spark plug wire in any way.
You'll get a nice shock.
Chris Reichle
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From: mgs-owner
To: mgs
Subject: Pulling my hair out!
Date: Monday,February 10,1997 3:10PM
Hi everyone. I am the one with the persistent ignition/distributor/timing
problem. My inexperience, and lack of knowledge has kept me from
correcting my problem. I have recieved lots of help here, but I am
thinking that my explaination of the problem, or something has caused me
from finding the fault, and fixing it.
So I am going to try explaining what is going on one last time, in a hope
that someone can clue me into what is going on. And hopefully I won't
have to send my car to some mechanic.
Ok, here is how it all started. I pulled the distributor out of my car
about a month ago to replace the cap, points, etc. I ended up replacing
all of the following, points, cap, condensor, terminal, plugs, plug wires,
and the coil. When I reasembled everything the car started, and I drove
it around the block, it ran very poorly (lots of hesitating) but it ran.
The next day I went to start it again, and it failed to fire. And it has
not run since. Does anyone have a clue as to what's wrong? I tried to
time the car, but the timing marks are gone, and besides the car won't
start. (some people said screwed up timing will not cause the car to not
start). I thought for the longest time that the points were shorting, and
I am now not sure. With a test light connected to the terminal, the light
will light only when the points are seperated. Is this correct? Or
should it always light?
I have two other possibilities, someone mentioned a flooded engine. Could
that be it? And if so, how do I remedy that? The other is the plug wire
might not be correst, they didn't fit really well inside the cap, but I do
still get a spark at the plugs.
Please help... this is making me really frustrated. Especially with the
warm temperatures I am experiencing here.
-= PAUL =-
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