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Old 02-10-2013, 09:37 PM   #198
Type2
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Location: Lawrence, KS
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Originally Posted by Justin V View Post
you could get a can of starting fluid and spray in into the intake manifold via a vacuum port. The engine vacuum will suck it to the correct cyclinder and if ignition is good it should fire. That would eliminate ignition as a problem.

You're sure timing is spot on? a tooth off could cause starting troubles, multiple teeth off and you'd know it... bigger problems

You reconnected everything, fuses and all, after priming the oil pump?

Only other thing I can think is that its flooded from when you checked spark on each. Fuel was being sprayed into the cylinders and not being burned.

No trouble codes? or were they all disabled with speed density?
I am pretty sure ignition is not a problem. I pulled out every spark plug and attached it to the coil pack and turned the engine over and verified that each coil pack functions as well as the spark plug.

I am not 100% on timing because I can't see it right now, but when I assembled the engine I was 100% sure that the timing was correct. I checked it multiple times, and took pictures. It's aligned perfectly. Perhaps it jumped a tooth after I installed it? If it jumped a tooth by just turning the engine over, then I've got bigger problems. I'm almost positive the timing belt is ok.

The only thing I forgot to plug back in was the knock sensor and I got a CEL for that. The only other code that was disabled w/ the speed density tune was the "MAF sensor circuit low input".

I double checked the cam position sensors and they are plugged in. Perhaps they went bad? I doubt it.

Re: flooding, I replaced the spark plugs and they were wet. The new plugs went in dry.

Thanks for the ideas!
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