CGT no start might be dead, Please Help

[Jim Green]

--- Stpndsmnn at aol.com wrote:
> The car in with one wheel in the grave is my ' 83
> CGT turbo.  I went to an
> appointment this afternoon witht he car running
> great, shut car off and came
> out an hour later.  Made it about two blocks and it
> stated to sputter and
> miss like it had a vacuum leak, get another two
> blocks and car stalls.
> Checked all hose connections everything looks and
> feels like it should.
> Tried to start the car and it turns over normal but
> will not start.  Fuel
> pump reg is working fine, fuel pump makes noise.  As
> far as I can tell it is
> getting spark also,  major components of ignition
> are relatively young, spark
> plugs maybe 2months old.  try to start several more
> times, nothing...  Towed
> car home, we tried to pull start it a few times but
> still nothing.  Finally,
> I get it home and try to start it again.  This time
> the motor spins over
> really fast as if all the spark plugs had been
> removed, no compression.  The
> timing belt is still intact, and the belt turns when
> the starter is bumped.
>
> Is this what happens with cylinder wash down?  If
> that is what it is, is
> there any hope of rcovery.

I hate it when stuff like this happens.  Eventhough
the timing belt is still there, they can jump if worn
or installed wrong so I'd make sure the cam and crank
are still lined up.  I had a similar experience when I
was trying to start my car after the new ignition
system went in.  After cranking and cranking, and some
chugging, the compression on of the cylinders went
down to 10 psi.  I persisted and once I finally got
the baseline ignition set, everthing slowly went back
to normal.  To this day I don't know what caused that,
but man did it scare the crap out of me.  Now the car
runs better than ever.

HTH

=====
Jim Green
'89 90tq 034EFI, Haltech IG5
http://www.geocities.com/jeg1976/car_home.html

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