Stupid question Jim, but have you checked compression?
Jack Levy
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Jim Altman" <jaltman@altlaw.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 19:07:33 -0400
>The new engine is in the 8. First start went fine. Fired right up and ran
>for 20 minutes. Shut down and changed oil. Good oil pressure. Won't
>restart. Conventional wisdom says engine needs 3 things: Air, fuel, and
>spark. I have all three. Tests show the fuel pressure exists, the cold
>start injector spews fuel. New plugs, dizzy cap and rotor AFTER it wouldn't
>start. Plug wires were new before first start. Timing light flashes on all
>the plug wires, Compression in random cylinders is fine. Sprayed ether in
>the AFM, nothing. Not even a cough. Fuel pump runs, injectors go
>click-click. After some cranking you can smell unburnt gas by sniffing the
>exhaust pipe. Air is being sucked in, gas is flowing, spark is sparking,
>nothing is happening. Checked crankshaft to dizzy and plug wires are in the
>right holes (could be 180 out I guess but it WAS running).
>
>Ideas?
>
>Jim Altman jaltman@altlaw.com Illigitimi non Carborundum
>http://www.altlaw.com/metro/jaltman.html 69-TR6 76-TR7 80-TR8 W4UCK
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