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

[TonyEscobedo]

Put back all the original injectors and see how that works for you.. If it works, then go for switching em out 1 by 1. Just a thought.

Tony 

On Jun 13, 2013, at 6:23 PM, "Christopher Gharibo" <cgharibo at usa.net> wrote:

> As a follow up:
> 
> the car was running before the injectors were replaced.
> 
> Spark plugs were never touched. But, there is no spark with cranking!!
> 
> The injectors seated in their shrouds and shrouds advanced to their base
> without difficulty.
> 
> The timing belt and its teeth appear intact. The crankshaft and all other
> accessory belts all turn fine.
> 
> How did I lose spark in all this? Thank you all for your help!
> 
> 
> 
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:59:05 AM EDT
> From: Fred Munro <munrof at sympatico.ca>
> To: "'Christopher Gharibo'" <cgharibo at usa.net>,    <quattro at audifans.com>
> Subject: RE: '91 100q 5 injectors replaced - now car wont start
> 
>> Chris;
>> 
>> If the engine is turning and is spinning as freely as you say, it sounds
>> like you have no compression on any cylinders. If some cylinders had
>> compression, you would hear the pulse as the engine turned over. Did you
>> install the injectors and seals properly? Are the spark plugs installed?
> You
>> might try a compression test on every cylinder to verify compression or
> lack
>> thereof. 
>> 
>> Good luck!
>> 
>> Fred Munro
>> '97 UrS6
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
>> Behalf Of Christopher Gharibo
>> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 10:24 PM
>> To: John Larson; quattro at audifans.com
>> Subject: Re: '91 100q 5 injectors replaced - now car wont start
>> 
>> 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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