Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:21:34 -0400
Reply-To: frank <oy@COMCAST.NET>
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From: frank <oy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Won't Start
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It's a wasserboxer. 1987 2.1L Thanks, it's good to know i don't have a
busted chain.
Frank
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Collum [mailto:collum@verizon.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 10:40 AM
To: frank
Subject: Re: Won't Start
What kind of engine do you have? Wasserboxers don't have timing belts
or chains. The cam is gear driven right off the crankshaft.
Mike
frank wrote:
> I've got a no start problem, but with good fuel pressure and my fuel
> injectors are working. I even had the injectors professionally
> cleaned and flow tested last week.
>
> Greg Potts posted "The injectors are triggered by the pulse in voltage
> at the coil caused when the spark plugs are fired." So, as long as my
> fuel injectors are working, I assume that my distributor is working
> ok, right? When I pull a plug, I get a spark about every other time
> the ignition is turned over. It looks pretty weak, but I do get a
> spark.
>
> Regarding this no-start problem, so far I've replaced (or part was
> recently replaced): Distributor
> Cap & Rotor
> Plug Wires
> Air Flow Meter
> ECU
> Battery (Just replaced this week, so it's fully charged)
> Fuel Pump
> Coil
> Coolant Temp Sensor
> X-Relay
>
> The engine is turning over fine, but does not fire at all. This
> problem began with hard starting, but the van would run fine once
> started......that is until it would randomly just die on the highway.
> Then the hard starting would continue for 5 - 15 minutes and it would
> fire up and go again.
>
> Then one day, the van ran really poorly, bucking and sputtering all
> the way home, while cutting out a few times. Once home, it has never
> started again, for about three months now, while I've taken the
> painfully expensive route of replacing likely culprits. It almost
> seems like a timing issue. Can the timing belt/chain go out
> gradually? I always thought they just snapped. Is there any way to
> test timing on an engine that won't start?
>
> Any other ideas? I'm stuck.
>
> Frank
>
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