just wont fire...

[awdjosh]

sometimes it just makes a loud clicking noise and sometimes it turns over but no engine start....NONE.

i replaced timing belt, timing belt tensioner, all timing components, transistor pack, starter, cam angle sensor, checked/charged battery, replaced battery cables, checked for spark(ok), checked for fuel(ok), checked timing again...its holding right at TDC=0*. idk wtf is the problem but it WONT fire off...this is the car in my profile...built.

please put in some input other dsmers i need this shit fixed soon...thanks guys.

well went outside again to see if i could get it to start....it fired off but popped like a effing gun shot ...so i rechecked timing and everything is DEAD ON. idk why its not fully starting....='[

 

[awdjosh]

does anybody have any ideas? ive searched like problems on google and on this forum and nothing.

thanks

 

[ove_98 TSI]

are you sure your timing isnt 180%? off, that would cause these similar symptoms. both dowel pins on the cams should be facing up
have u done a compression test?

 

[ilco187]

was it running and then just quit or just came out one morning and nothing, or did you mess with something and now its having trouble.

 

[awdjosh]

pretty much i parked it running perfectly, woke up next morning to go to work and it wouldnt start...checked starter and it had been literally sheared off the bellhousing(defective) replaced it and still no start....checked timing and somehow it was off and the tension pulley had failed...wtf. but it ran perfect when parked. now retimed perfect and everything replaced new OEM timing components and still no start condition.

 

[jdavisawd]

well its a long shot....plug wires in right order.....from left to right its 4321...but the coil is 4123....i had that issue with mine......is it cranking over at all?

 

[ilco187]

are the plugs wet or black, did something go wrong with your tuning accessories, also compression test.

 

[roni-wan]

its the oil pressure sender connected? i´m not sure but happened to my car when it was rebuilt the sender cable was not connected and just did not fire

 

[awdjosh]

its the oil pressure sender connected? i´m not sure but happened to my car when it was rebuilt the sender cable was not connected and just did not fire

oh wtf...are you serious? it wont start cus of that? damnit. its been disconnected cause the end part was ripped off when i got underneith to check the timing....

 

[J-VilleDivision]

its the oil pressure sender connected? i´m not sure but happened to my car when it was rebuilt the sender cable was not connected and just did not fire

Really? Am i thinking of the right thing. The wire that sends a signial to the gauge cluster?

I have had mine fall off and not effect the way my car ran. The gauge just dosent read.

Is this just a 2G thing?

 

[roni-wan]

like I told you before i am not sure can´t remember exactly, when got my rebuilt just didn´t crank then my mechanic told me the sender was off and that was the cause it did not fire.

there isn´t any other sender for the oil pressure right?

 

[awdjosh]

see idk...its fallen off before and ran fine other than the gauge was dead...oh well when i get off work tonight its back to chasing the problem down once again...

 

[awdjosh]

well atleast i found the problem...bent all the intake valves pretty badly. there getting fixed in the next few days and the it took me 3 hours of sweating to pull apart the car. ill post pics as soon as i get a usb card reader.

 

[EVO]

^ Compression guage would be a wize investment, coulda save you alotta time. Good Luck - and make sure your timing is dead on when re-assembled or it'll happen again.

 

[awdjosh]

^ Compression guage would be a wize investment, coulda save you alotta time. Good Luck - and make sure your timing is dead on when re-assembled or it'll happen again.

yea...timing was dead on before but when everything had gone on in the first place and WHY we were replacing the tbelt and components is cause the hydraulic tensioner had failed but the belt wasnt totally fried...so id figure a simple replace all timing components and the thing back on the road would work....it did somehow for around 40-60 miles...but thats all. i even recall when i was setting the timing on the cam gears i heard something fall or make a noise in the head(turned out to be a lash adjuster falling off the valve/cam lobe) .

pics like promised.

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btw only reason why i left the wastegate on the turbo is im fixing to trade it off for a fp3065 and the other guy wants to use it as internally gated...=\

 

[ilco187]

damn that last pic hurt i haven't bent any vales on any dsm i have owned in 5 yrs but i know its coming