ITR not starting :'(
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ITR not starting :'(
Was getting ready to leave for a trip yesterday and decided it best to do a quick tune up before I leave.
Replaced the rotor cap and button and changed the spark plugs and the oil of course..
Get in the and the car won't start. So I pull one of the plugs out only to find out I'm not getting any spark. Therefore I run down and pick up an entirely brand new distributor set, rotor cap and all. Install it and now the plugs are getting spark.
Try to start and the car still won't turn over all the way. I've tested to make sure it's getting fuel and spark. Did a compression test only to find that none of the cylinder are getting any compressing.
Which baffles me considering I had just pulled it in the garage.
Pulled all of the plugs back out put a small amount of oil down there. Still will not start.
Quadrouple checked the firing order and still no go.
I'm in desperate need here was supposed to leave town already and now I can't.
The car cranks but will not turn over all the way.
Replaced the rotor cap and button and changed the spark plugs and the oil of course..
Get in the and the car won't start. So I pull one of the plugs out only to find out I'm not getting any spark. Therefore I run down and pick up an entirely brand new distributor set, rotor cap and all. Install it and now the plugs are getting spark.
Try to start and the car still won't turn over all the way. I've tested to make sure it's getting fuel and spark. Did a compression test only to find that none of the cylinder are getting any compressing.
Which baffles me considering I had just pulled it in the garage.
Pulled all of the plugs back out put a small amount of oil down there. Still will not start.
Quadrouple checked the firing order and still no go.
I'm in desperate need here was supposed to leave town already and now I can't.
The car cranks but will not turn over all the way.
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Re: ITR not starting :'(
either the engine isn't turning over or your engine seriously got lit up. almost never see 4 dead cylinders. if you actually connected the gauge right AND disconnected your new distributor so you don't fry the coil. all 4 are very unlikely to be dead which of course means you're not spinning or if you are you have some seriously bent valves or holes in the pistons.
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Re: ITR not starting :'(
Yes after all the testing the only thing left that I can figure out is why I'm getting no compression, I'm completely baffled and so has 2 other mechanics.
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Re: ITR not starting :'(
Maybe you have no compression because you have cranked the hell out of it and the injectors have washed down the cylinder walls and there is no oil to seal the rings, pull the plugs, put a cap of oil in each cylinder, put a towel over the engine, crank it without the plugs installed to help the oil seal the rings from above, reinstall plugs and see if compression is back and maybe it will start, hope your plugs are not all black.
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Re: ITR not starting :'(
Maybe you have no compression because you have cranked the hell out of it and the injectors have washed down the cylinder walls and there is no oil to seal the rings, pull the plugs, put a cap of oil in each cylinder, put a towel over the engine, crank it without the plugs installed to help the oil seal the rings from above, reinstall plugs and see if compression is back and maybe it will start, hope your plugs are not all black.
Thought so too, I know my first post was very long incase you didn't get a chance to read the whole thing. Here's what I said though:
Pulled all of the plugs back out put a small amount of oil down there. Still will not start.
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Re: ITR not starting :'(
Maybe you have no compression because you have cranked the hell out of it and the injectors have washed down the cylinder walls and there is no oil to seal the rings, pull the plugs, put a cap of oil in each cylinder, put a towel over the engine, crank it without the plugs installed to help the oil seal the rings from above, reinstall plugs and see if compression is back and maybe it will start, hope your plugs are not all black.
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Re: ITR not starting :'(
There's a nasty gremlin running around wreacking having in my ITR and I want it out NOW! lol. I know someone can figure this out.
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Re: ITR not starting :'(
Not to sound insulting as I have not idea what is going on but are you sure the motor is actually turning over fully when you crack it? Like after you removed all the spark plugs can you physically see the timing belt/cam gears revolving?
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If you turn the motor by hand, with the plugs in, does it spin freely? If it's building compression that way, then your gauge is bad, or it's not sealing in the plug hole.
Once you confirm compression (no point if the engine really has 0 psi of compression in every cylinder, which I find incredibly hard to believe), then confirm fuel, spark and timing.
I know you said you've done some of this already, but do it again.
Based on what you've already said (assuming you get the same results testing it again)You pretty much have confirmed spark, and starter fluid would replace fuel briefly, so make sure your timing is correct, firing order (go for 5 times checking.. ), make sure you are getting spark at the plugs, not the end of the plug wires (not sure how you tested before), check for codes, make sure dist. isn't 180 off, etc. Check timing belt timing as well (cam gears line up and match crank at cyl 1 TDC).
Any mods on the car that we should know about?
Once you confirm compression (no point if the engine really has 0 psi of compression in every cylinder, which I find incredibly hard to believe), then confirm fuel, spark and timing.
I know you said you've done some of this already, but do it again.
Based on what you've already said (assuming you get the same results testing it again)You pretty much have confirmed spark, and starter fluid would replace fuel briefly, so make sure your timing is correct, firing order (go for 5 times checking.. ), make sure you are getting spark at the plugs, not the end of the plug wires (not sure how you tested before), check for codes, make sure dist. isn't 180 off, etc. Check timing belt timing as well (cam gears line up and match crank at cyl 1 TDC).
Any mods on the car that we should know about?
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Re: ITR not starting :'(
If you turn the motor by hand, with the plugs in, does it spin freely? If it's building compression that way, then your gauge is bad, or it's not sealing in the plug hole.
Once you confirm compression (no point if the engine really has 0 psi of compression in every cylinder, which I find incredibly hard to believe), then confirm fuel, spark and timing.
I know you said you've done some of this already, but do it again.
Based on what you've already said (assuming you get the same results testing it again)You pretty much have confirmed spark, and starter fluid would replace fuel briefly, so make sure your timing is correct, firing order (go for 5 times checking.. ), make sure you are getting spark at the plugs, not the end of the plug wires (not sure how you tested before), check for codes, make sure dist. isn't 180 off, etc. Check timing belt timing as well (cam gears line up and match crank at cyl 1 TDC).
Any mods on the car that we should know about?
Once you confirm compression (no point if the engine really has 0 psi of compression in every cylinder, which I find incredibly hard to believe), then confirm fuel, spark and timing.
I know you said you've done some of this already, but do it again.
Based on what you've already said (assuming you get the same results testing it again)You pretty much have confirmed spark, and starter fluid would replace fuel briefly, so make sure your timing is correct, firing order (go for 5 times checking.. ), make sure you are getting spark at the plugs, not the end of the plug wires (not sure how you tested before), check for codes, make sure dist. isn't 180 off, etc. Check timing belt timing as well (cam gears line up and match crank at cyl 1 TDC).
Any mods on the car that we should know about?
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Re: ITR not starting :'(
So what I need to do, AGAIN is check the firing order, but would this even matter with 0 compression? Does someone know the correct firing order? Maybe the diagram I pulled was incorrect for an R.
Check for codes where, the CEL? Because that's not flashing.
As far as top dead center, I'm not mechanically inclined enough to do that by myself. But again hwo would it get messed up from me pulling it in the drive way and changing the distributor since the distributor only fit is one direction.
And even to be sure that the honda mechanic was right I flipped it 180 it won't sit flush to bolt it back up so I know for a fact it's not possible to install it 180.
Check for codes where, the CEL? Because that's not flashing.
As far as top dead center, I'm not mechanically inclined enough to do that by myself. But again hwo would it get messed up from me pulling it in the drive way and changing the distributor since the distributor only fit is one direction.
And even to be sure that the honda mechanic was right I flipped it 180 it won't sit flush to bolt it back up so I know for a fact it's not possible to install it 180.