Hi,
This has probably been answered a million times, but I am
trying to get my newe engine running in the car. So far,
not a peep out of it!
It's hard to describe the engine, 1.8 case, 1.7 heads,
claimed to be running when pulled out of the original car
and replaced with a race engine. I have no reason to
doubt that.
I put my L-Jet FI on it, and have verified the following:
1. Fuel pump runs at the appropriate times.
2. New plugs, all gapped to spec.
3. Dizzy is from the original engine, points were not
touched, dwell is at spec.
4. All injectors check out with a noid light. One injector is
spweing fuel when the engine is cranked. I assume the others are too.
5. I static timed the engine to the mark, and adjusted the
dizzy until points just opened at that spot. No idea where
it actually should be. When setting up the engine, the
timing mark felt like it was just before TDC.
6. Valve were adjusted with the engine on the bench. to
1.7 l spec
7. I get spark at the plugs
8. CHT is hooked up.
So far, I cannot get the engine to fire at all. I even
sprayed starting fluid in and nothing.
Atomic Ramble is in two weeks. I could use some ideas!
I'll be researching this as well here and on other forums!
Thanks,
Jeff
(this is cross posted to Pelican as well)
Verify your timing setting again for #1 at TDC.
firing is a event with spark and fuel. No spark at the right time means it won't fire.
Wires in the right order?
I'm guessing on timing as the main issue.
Do you have the trigger wire for the L-Jet ECU on the correct pin of the coil?
take a pic of the distributor from the passenger side of the car, with the cap on.
Rich
Okay, finally got some life out of it! Thanks to all that replied! It was a timing issue,
but it was not a severe one. Getting the dizzy set in the right(?) place helped a
lot! Compression on the three cylinders I could measure were 70, 100, and 110.
The 70 number is not for sure, I might not have seated the gauge properly! Should
be sufficient to start anyway, then I can do a complete test!
I am also looking for additional vacuum leaks as I do not have much vacuum while
cranking the engine. I am using all the relatively new lines I put on the car last year.
Now, when it fires, the engine almost stops, then turns again. I woould guess that
the timing too advanced? So, which way would retard the timing, clockwise or
counterclockwise rotation of the distributor? I would think clockwise. My neighbor
who was helping me and I were disagreeing on this point, and then I got confused!
Thanks all, including Toast (once I understood what you meant!)...
Jeff
Your comp #'s are way too low. It'll never run properly with one cylinder at 70. That cylinder is just tagging along. You don't need it to run to check compression. Remove all plugs. Remove coil wire. open throttle all the way. Check the #'s. Squirt a little oil in each cylinder and check again. If #'s come up then rings are worn. If they don't, then valves are leaking.
Hope this helps, Curt
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