was doing some head work... found out that the guy i was workin on it with had no idea what he was doing and put the head back on.. connected everything back up (or so i thought) and tried starting and now its not working.. really dont kno what are all the possible things that could be preventing it from turning over.. Fuel pump is turning on its cranking hard just either no fuel or spark.. what shude i do...

 

Whats it doing?

 

its just cranking and cranking but not turning over.. has to be the fuel or spark but my spark plugs are in and injectors, rail and everything is in.. iv checked over everything many of times cant find anything..

 

and my ground wire isnt completely pressed against the block because for sum reason the bolt isnt tightnin down all the way..not shure if that would be the problem tho..

 

bad ground will definitely cause this problem. Try making a new ground wire and grounding it to some other nearby bolt.

 

ok, cuz i even tried to push the ground wire which is the one in the front of the motor to the frame right? well i was pushing that up against the motor seeing if that would do anything but didnt seem to.. what other nearby bolts could i ground that wire to.. if this isnt the problem that wat else would it be thats not letting it crank over and how can i check if everything is working the way its suppose to be, are my sparks put in the wrong way sumhow? is there a wrong way to put them in? i really dunno wat the prob is but i need my car... i have work


Modified by Cashieboi at 1:07 PM 10/2/2006

 

is the timing off? you couldve bent a valve turning the motor over if the timing was off.

 

check your spark plug wires on the distributor make sure they are in the right order did that on my old motor when i changed a head gasket. had 1 and 2 wire mixed up and all it would do is crank but not turn over

 

i was thinkin the timing might have been off cuz the idiot that was messin with my car slid the timing belt off of the cam gear thinking thats how u get the belt off and didnt even remove the crank pully or anything.. i really hope that i didnt bend a valve but when i try starting it, it sounds like its getting slower and about to die..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Cashieboi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i was thinkin the timing might have been off cuz the idiot that was messin with my car slid the timing belt off of the cam gear thinking thats how u get the belt off and didnt even remove the crank pully or anything.. i really hope that i didnt bend a valve but when i try starting it, it sounds like its getting slower and about to die.. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thats fine... but did he put it back to Top Dead Center when he put the belt back on...?

 

he just slid it right back on.. he said he didnt mess with the gear or anything but i dunno i wasnt watching him work on my car i was under it disconnecting the exhaust mani.. how can i tell that its TDC? also how can i tell if the timing is the problem what are things to look for to tell

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jadugartir &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">bad ground will definitely cause this problem. Try making a new ground wire and grounding it to some other nearby bolt.</TD></TR></TABLE>

x2 check it

 

compression leak...do a compression test

 

you could check timing by taking off the valve cover and looking at the marks on the cam gears.

of course you will have to turn the engine with the bolt on the crank pulley

oh and I am not sure about this but it looked like it was possible when I replaced the engine in my old integra, I think it is possible to put a distributor on 180 degrees off. which I assume would cause a problem like this.


Modified by cwd14 at 7:33 PM 10/2/2006

 

i remember when i was putting new injectors in with my buddy and he didn't unhook the battery and grounded out fuel injector /em fuse when he turned the key..stupid i know