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

[Huw Powell]

Did it start and run before this project?

- Huw

On 6/10/2013 10:24 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
>
>
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