the other day my distributor blew out on my hatch. so i replaced it, and now im getting spark agian, but the car will not fire . i checked my fuel pump, its also fine. i have fuel to the fuel rail. its acting like no fuel is passing the injectors. which would make sense to me, but my main question is, if my fuel system was perfectly fine the day my distributor went out, why would the fuel not be getting to the cylinders now???

 

Check your firing order

 

x2

 

that would make sense, but if a spray a tiny bit of starting fluid in the intake, it starts fine. . if the firing order was wrong, it prolly wouldnt fire even with the starting fluid??

 

not true not even close

 

Can you hear the fuel pump prime the system for a few sec. when you turn on the key to run, [not start]?
If not, check the fuses for the PGM-FI Main Relay, there are 3 of them.

Turn ign. on and test for 12V at the injectors, wire that is the same color on all injectors is the power lead.

If there is power at the injectors and the fuel pump primes, check ECU/ECM fuses. 94

 

ya i can hear the fuel pump kick on and prime. and ive checked my injectors. i even changed them just to see if it't make a difference and nothing. i have 3 spare chipped p30's and two p28's and ive tried all of them. even tried a p75. i even went all the way to changing my wiring harness.

 

did you line up the dist. rotor? i would set everything to tdc..

 

ya i have done so. i even considered it could of jumped timing, so i had all of that redone too. so i just changed my harness back to my other one, and now im not getting spark either. so now i have two issues.... no spark,,,, and no fuel... which b4, i had spark, just no fuel, but now i have no spark and no fuel. its a brand new distributor, which i had spark two hours ago, i changed my harness back cuz the one that was on had no map sensor connector, so i put the good one back on, and out of no where i have the spark issue again. .

 

ground on the thermostat good? any wires shorting to ground?

 

Do you have a resister box.. if so.. Make sure its getting power.

 

resistor box is getting power, and i did actually check the thermostat ground, cuz i thought about that so i tried and still nothing i checked my distributor on my friends bseries and it started his car fine. so it has to be something else with my car. i checked over my harness for any loose connectors or possible bad grounds, and everything is legit.... and i tried the other ecu's again to make sure it wasnt just a one time thing.. and no luck ????????? im bout to burn it to the ground.. if anyone has ever had a similar problem please help me out, ive never had this problem or came across it with any other car and its nerve racking...

 

i had a simliar problem and it was the ground from the ecu to the injectors, find it and run new wires.

 

What is the actual vehicle your working on and are you sure its the correct distributor?

 

a heavily modded b16 hatch. and im using a b16 distributor. but i figured it out guys so thanks for the help. i had a short somewhere, but just simply replaced all wiring.