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To: Jim Altman <jaltman@altlaw.com>
Subject: Re: New engine bafflement .com>
From: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2001 06:10:03 -0700
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>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. 
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Like you said it requires all those things to run.  If your smelling
unburned fuel then *my* guess (since I'm not there) is that you're somehow
not getting spark (especially since you tried starting fluid and that
failed)  - and fairly easy to check.  Pull a couple of plugs and see if
they are wet with fuel- if wet then your not getting enough spark (or at
the right time) to ignite, if they are dry the fuel isn't getting in the
cylinders -  Remember also. . .just because you have a spark outside the
engine, doesn't mean you have enough spark energy to ignite the mixture
under pressure inside the cylinder - You should see a very fat, white/blue
spark on the plug, or be able to jump about a 1/4 or more gap outside the
engine  -
bschwart@pacbell.net (San Diego)

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