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Re: car wont start! please help!!!!!

Postby manga_blue » Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:29 am

So, you're positive that you have fuel in the cylinders and you have spark actually in the plugs. That probably means that the spark is not happening at the right time or the valves are not opening at the right time.

1. Take the oil filer cap off and make sure the cams are turning. Just pulling the car forward in 4th for a foot or two while you look will be good enough.
2. Remove all the plugs, connect a timing light to the number one lead, spin it over and see where the timing is.
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Re: car wont start! please help!!!!!

Postby sailaholic » Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:50 am

manga_blue wrote:2. Remove all the plugs, connect a timing light to the number one lead, spin it over and see where the timing is.


If you use a newer style powered timing light you'll need to pull power from the battery to run it. The diagnostic port doesn't get power during cranking.


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Re: car wont start! please help!!!!!

Postby NitroDann » Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:07 pm

Clip it straight to the alternator power.

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Re: car wont start! please help!!!!!

Postby JBT » Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:19 pm

The NA8 had a blue plug behind the left headlight area with a constant 12 volt power source. NA6 the same?
If it's getting spark and fuel then it's starting to look like a broken cam belt or timing completely out of whack.
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Re: car wont start! please help!!!!!

Postby sailaholic » Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:21 pm

JBT wrote:The NA8 had a blue plug behind the left headlight area with a constant 12 volt power source. NA6 the same?
If it's getting spark and fuel then it's starting to look like a broken cam belt or timing completely out of whack.


This is the one I was talking about. It's not constant power. Power is cut to this circuit during cranking.


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Re: car wont start! please help!!!!!

Postby Caffeine » Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:51 pm

From memory there's a B+ pin in the diagnostic port that's a straight feed from the battery
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Re: car wont start! please help!!!!!

Postby manga_blue » Thu Oct 31, 2013 9:07 pm

I haven't fitted a CAS to an NA6 for a long time. Does anyone know if it's at all possible to get the CAS 180 deg out when sliding it onto the end of the cam?
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Re: car wont start! please help!!!!!

Postby aka_juffa » Thu Oct 31, 2013 9:16 pm

I don't think it can be fitted 180 degree out. I think it can only go on one way.
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Re: car wont start! please help!!!!!

Postby mxfive95 » Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:10 am

I had this problem when I swapped engines a few years back. On an NA8, its posible to install the cas 150deg out if you put it in upside down :/ . Take a photo of the cas sensor and post it up.


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Re: car wont start! please help!!!!!

Postby johnnyreble » Fri Nov 01, 2013 5:49 pm

have you checked the air intake for blockages .. cars need spark, fuel, air, and compression to run
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Re: car wont start! please help!!!!!

Postby tescoking » Fri Nov 01, 2013 9:44 pm

Idle air control too old or dirty? It happened to me before, and I bought a second hand one on ebay and now is working fine
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