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2G Need desperate help getting engine running

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GSXSixteenG

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Jun 29, 2007
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Well guys, I need some help. My car has been a project for about 2 and half years now. For about a year it has sat all put together, but not running. I told myself last weekend if I couldn't get the car running, that I am going to sell it. But, tuners was down, atleast for me, so I will give it till next time I get to look at the car.

The car turns over, has compression, spark, and fuel. I'm not sure if I have something set up wrong with link or it have a different problem. I'm very new to link and still learning, I attached a couple logs I took while trying to start the car. Probably not the best logs. Can someone let me know if something is not set up right?!?! It seems fishy that the a/f are soo rich. I do not have a wideband hooked up yet. Just want to get the car running.

Ask as many questions as you want, even if they seem to be the non-relevent. I'm ready to ditch this project because my dd has been slowly starting to run like shit. I have no driven this car in 3 YEARS!

Edit, more..timing is dead nuts, cam sprockets and crank aligned. Any suggestions for a no start will be appreciated.

The injectors I have I was unsure about, I have two sets..serial numbers 17113743 (880's I guess) and 17113741 (580's I guess).. seem to both be delphi injectors, the logs are taken with the 880's.
 

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CAS inversion is checked. The MAF correction's are because of a hacked mas. Those have not been touched to my knowledge from when I ordered link v2. Wow, thinking about it, I ordered link when v2 was new on the market...

The can ran about a couple months ago but would barely run, had a real bad misfire. So, I had my mother's bf who's a motor junkie looking at it since the car is 6 hours away. He was running tests on the coil, cas, mpi, injectors... those sensors checked out fine with a voltage meter. Then after put back together it wouldn't start again.

Does anyone know of a backyard way to test the injectors to make sure they are spraying properly? I tried to pull the fuel rail and keep the injectors in the rail, then have someone try to start it. But that only ended up in having a small fire under the hood.

As you can see in the logs, it like almost starts on the first crank every time. It will give a little puff like it wants to then just goes back to cranking.
 
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spraying properly no backyard way i know of most are done at the injector dealer for test flow, doesnt sound like improper fuel flow.
 
spraying properly no backyard way i know of most are done at the injector dealer for test flow, doesnt sound like improper fuel flow.

Yea, the injectors have sat for quite some time. Both sets were given to my by a friend with very few miles on time.

Is it normal that the est a/f on link to be 6:1 or so while cranking?
 
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