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

[John Larson]

On 6/10/2013 7:24 PM, Christopher Gharibo wrote:
> Looked the car over again. The timing belt is intact and the engine definitely
> turns. The engine just turns smoothly and evenly without the usual rhythmic
> sounds. The sounds is one of constant, mono tone crank.
>
> I am not sure if this is relevant, but I moved the car about 40 feet by
> engaging the started and the car in neutral.
>
> I will check the fuel delivery some time as well.
>
> Thanks for your continuing help.
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 05:42:33 PM EDT
> From: John Larson <viejoloco at comcast.net>
> To: Christopher Gharibo <cgharibo at usa.net>
> Subject: Re: '91 100q 5 injectors replaced - now car wont start
>
>> On 6/9/2013 4:35 PM, Christopher Gharibo 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?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>> I'm not clear on the "spinning" part.  Is the sound just the starter
>> spinning, or the engine itself?  Is the speed the same as usual or
>> substantially faster?  If it's just the starter, you have a bad
>> starter.  If the engine is cranking too fast, or even just smoothly w/o
>> the usual pulses, you may have a timing belt problem.  The plastic bits
>> aren't likely to cause a problem, especially on all 5 cylinders at
>> once.  They pulverize pretty quickly.
>>
>> John
>
>
Based on your description, it sounds like no compression to me.  Is it 
cranking at normal speed?  Did you inspect the entire belt?  Have you 
checked the camshaft timing?  Are you getting spark?

John