Date:         Fri, 11 Jun 1999 22:43:41 -0500
Reply-To:     Bill Heidcamp <wheidcam@GAC.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bill Heidcamp <wheidcam@GAC.EDU>
Subject:      85 1.9 L Won't Start (Rebuilt Motor)
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Just rebuilt a motor (which ran beforehand) and engine will not start.  Getting good spark at all plugs with timing and valves set according to Bentley manual.  This seems counter intuitive.  Place at TDC and turn valve adjustment til it just touches the valves and then turn in two complete turns.  Seems like this is keeping the valves open!

There is gas at the T input junction from the fuel pump, but there doesn't seem to be any at the injectors.  Will pull injectors in the morning to test, but they worked fine and have not been touched since pulling the motor.    Any ideas about wire connections, obvious fuel line (injector) wires that I might have overlooked?

If motor sits for a few minutes, enough gas leaks past the injuectors to fire once and then nothing after that.  When it fires, I get a short flame out the exhaust (exhaust to catalytic converter not on yet).

Only known item not connected is the oxygen sensor. Does the oxygen sensor interfer with the controller?

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