delsolmommy

Bought a 93 Del Sol 1.6L Auto transmission. Bought as a project. Have replaced ECU, relay, wires and plugs, dizzy, and Valve Cover gasket. Car has good spark, compression seems to be okay, wiring has been checket, and it still will not start. It tries to and when you pump gas it ignites (or sounds like it) and then smoke comes out of the air filter. Only happens when you pump the gas pedal. I am stumped. No CEL at all. Anyone have any ideas what to do next?

delsolmommy

Ok had a moron moment when I realized I had the wires plugged in wrong but still no kick over. Cranks really well just will not start. Drained all old fuel just in case and have no change. Any ideas would be a great help.

killerbee615

Is the fuel pump priming (should hear it behind seat when you open switch)?
Have you checked your main relay is working properly (should click twice when you turn the ignition to the on position)?
Checked the ecu fuse in the engine bay?
Checked your grounds especially if engine bay was painted ?
Maybe the motor is choked to much gas ?

delsolmommy

Fuel pump is priming, main relay is new, ALL fuses are new, grounds are good. Is there a way to check if there is too much gas? I can wait a couple hours and it still does the same thing.

dpetro1

have you checked mechanical timing?

EK9Rsc

having the same problem.my fuel pump in my 98 civic dx with b16b swap and a JRSC kit installed on E85 new DW fuel pump and injectors with a good tuneand was running fine.i turned my key on and no fuel pump kicked on so i tracked it down and just hard wired it to a toggle switch now just want to turn over.

delsolmommy

Just discovered that the headers are cracked (looks like wreck) no water in oil oil in coolant or anything like that so need to replace headers and maybe it will work?

MySickSi

My friend had the same problem on his lsvtec, it would turn over but not start and smoke would come out of his intake, it turned out to be the distributer so he replaced it and it fires right up. Not sure if itll work for you but his car had the same 2 symtptoms

dpetro1

cracked header would not cause the car not to start.

delsolmommy

Checked compression and have 0 compression in all cylinders. Don't have any idea whats wrong but guessing I need to take the heads off. No visible cracks in the block. made an odd sound on all but cylinder 2. Any ideas at this point will be a huge help. TIA!!!

dpetro1

have you checked the mechanical timing and timing belt? the belt could be broken, not turning the crank/cams. other option would be bent valves.

delsolmommy

Trying to access the lower timing belt cover and cannot figure out where the flywheel is. Having a very blonde day today

dpetro1

you only need to access the upper timing cover to confirm mechanical timing. this is on the drivers side of the car.

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the flywheel is on the transmission side of the engine. you do not need access to this part at this time