car wont start after head gasket install
01-13-2008, 05:12 PM
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car wont start after head gasket install
so im thinking its 1989 crx
timing is off or the plug wires are on wrong no mater what diagrams my LD *** looks at i cant seem to get them right
but the car turns over like it wants to start just stubles and back fires and blows out smoke
timing is off or the plug wires are on wrong no mater what diagrams my LD *** looks at i cant seem to get them right
but the car turns over like it wants to start just stubles and back fires and blows out smoke
01-13-2008, 07:08 PM
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Re: car wont start after head gasket install
firing order takes 2 seconds to look at, my dumbass did a hg once and mixed up the wires for 2 and 3 cylinders, so the bitch was running on 2 cylinders! let me tell you what kinda vibration that had. So make sure it's 1342 with 1 being on the back (bottom i think) of the dizz and remember when you're looking at the dizzy, it goes clockwise.
Otherwise the timing could be retarded if it wants to go, line her up at TDC, and pop off the upper cover and see where its at
Otherwise the timing could be retarded if it wants to go, line her up at TDC, and pop off the upper cover and see where its at
01-14-2008, 12:04 AM
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Re: car wont start after head gasket install
easy enough to check. pull the valve cover and number one cylinder's spark plug. stick a long *** extension down the cyl and let it sit on the piston. now turn the motor over BY HAND and stop when it gets to the top of its stroke. now look at the timing marks. they will either be right, or 180* out (cause the cams run at 2:1 with the crank) if it looks to be 180* out spin the motor over one more time and check the marks.if they arent right this time then you effed up and are luck you didnt bend some valves. (btw there are holes on the cam that will line up with a hole in the cam journal closest to the cam sprocket. get them lined up and hold them with a 5mm drift or punch, or do like i did, find the biggest nail that will fit in there.
hope that helped you out, and good luck.
hope that helped you out, and good luck.
01-14-2008, 09:58 AM
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Re: car wont start after head gasket install
Originally Posted by keelay
easy enough to check. pull the valve cover and number one cylinder's spark plug. stick a long *** extension down the cyl and let it sit on the piston. now turn the motor over BY HAND and stop when it gets to the top of its stroke. now look at the timing marks. they will either be right, or 180* out (cause the cams run at 2:1 with the crank) if it looks to be 180* out spin the motor over one more time and check the marks.if they arent right this time then you effed up and are luck you didnt bend some valves. (btw there are holes on the cam that will line up with a hole in the cam journal closest to the cam sprocket. get them lined up and hold them with a 5mm drift or punch, or do like i did, find the biggest nail that will fit in there.
hope that helped you out, and good luck.
hope that helped you out, and good luck.
