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Dr Stone

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Jun 11, 2004
Atlanta, Georgia
Alright first off im going to try to be as specific as I can so you guys know where im at with this.

I have just recently replaced the head on my 90 FWD Turbo Eclipse. The timing belt broke and bent the valves so I bought a new head that was preassembled with cams and valves already assembled.

I have finished installing all the parts and put on a new timing belt at the same time.

Well when I try to start it. It turns over fine but wont fire up. I have checked the following things with no luck.

1) I jumpered the fuel pump to make sure its working and it is coming on when jumpered.

2) I have checked the coil, transistor, wires and plugs and they all test good.

3) I took the ecu out and opened it thinking maybe it was this, it did have a burnt resistor in it so I bought another ecu, still no luck.

4) I checked the cam angle sensor to make sure it was good and not 180 degrees off and its fine also.

At this point im about ready just to take it somewhere and see if they can find out WTF is the problem but I hate doing that. I cant think of what else it could be so any help will be most appreciated.

Thanx
Jeremy
 
have you pulled a plug to test for spark?

also when you pull the plug see if there is fuel on it.

those should be the first things.

if its not sparking when it spulled, and laying on the valve cover or exhaust manifold, then there is your problem. have to go through and find it.

if the plug smells normal, and not like gas, then your not getting gas.

prolly already did this, but you didn't post it so i wasn;t sure.

also how did you check the coil, and transistor?

im not getting spark on 2/3 and need to know how to test the coil and transistor.
 
I did do the spark plug pull thing and it didnt seem to spark, I cant seem to figure why though. I need to do some more test and ill repost my findings this weekend.

As far as testing the coils I did all the voltage tests that the service book has in it for them both as far as getting curent in the right places. I have 2 of each so I test them both to check for inconsistances and found none.

thanx
Jeremy
 
Dr Stone said:
I did do the spark plug pull thing and it didnt seem to spark, I cant seem to figure why though. I need to do some more test and ill repost my findings this weekend.

As far as testing the coils I did all the voltage tests that the service book has in it for them both as far as getting curent in the right places. I have 2 of each so I test them both to check for inconsistances and found none.

thanx
Jeremy

Did you check codes? If it's eletrical, chk all fuses, swap relays with same units.

And since we don't know or have a sense for how it's cranking did you do a compression check?

Cheers,
GTM
 
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