I have a D16y8, my car recently got stolen. Aside from cosmetics, it appears they stole the following engine components: Cold Air Intake, Distributor, and Plugs. It's not much, I replaced it all; however my car wont start. I have fuel and spark... not sure about compression? So basically I want too know if their is some type of component they stole and would inhibit my car from starting and might have over looked.. or if the ******** blew my motor... any advise????? help

 

Is your ECU still there?

 

yeah, it doesn't look like anything was cut. I had a chipped one and harness..... they stole that.

 

But you still have an ECU plugged into the car, down at the kick panel? Have you checked timing? Compression test?

 

yeah I have the stock ECU, and I haven't been able to do a compression test because car wont start. I think there is a tool I can rent? was planning on that tomorrow. I did the timing several times

 

You double check plug wires? Make sure you plugged em in right

 

Is it cranking? Check distributor position.

 

all the plug wires are new and in the right order, and yeah its cranking but wont start.... it seems like it wants to start but it just isn't starting.

 

could the distributor be put in 180 deg out?

 

No, Grape, they're keyed to prevent that from happening.