'91 100q 5 injectors replaced - now car wont start

DeWitt Harrison dewitt635 at gmail.com
Mon Jun 10 19:33:27 PDT 2013


On Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:35:38 -0400, "Christopher Gharibo" <cgharibo at usa.net>
wrote:

> I just replaced 5 injectors on my 100q, cleaned what I can and plugged
> everything back in.
>
> The car now wont start. The fuel pump primes, the starter comes on but the
> card does not make that typical, cycling, cranking sound. The starter
sound is
> now this constant spin instead of the rhythmic cranking one hears when
the car
> cranks normally. It doesn't seem like anything is firing.
>
> Any thoughts on what I an missing?

I wonder if the starter's Bendix gear is not engaging the ring gear, hence
the "spinning" sound with no cranking. Or (hate to sound like a wise ass)
is it possible the spark plugs were removed and not reinstalled?

DeWitt


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