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

[Christopher Gharibo]

Injectors appear to seat well, but they did seat rather easily. Can a poor
injector seal lead to no compression?

I used the seals from autohaus. 



------ Original Message ------
Received: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 01:28:25 PM EDT
From: jlagnese at massed.net
To: Christopher Gharibo <cgharibo at usa.net>Cc: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: '91 100q 5 injectors replaced - now car wont start

> Are the injectors seating tightly?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Christopher Gharibo <cgharibo at usa.net>
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Sent: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:24:09 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: '91 100q 5 injectors replaced - now car wont start
> 
> As some of you will recall, my '91 100q would not start after 5 injectors
were
> replaced. During this I also used the starter to move the car about 20
feet.
> 
> I had the car towed to my mechanic today and he states that the engine has
no
> compression and that he needs to take the top of the engine off.
> 
> The starter turns the engine, accesory belts and the timing belt (TB teeth
are
> intact).
> 
> The car started and ran fine before the injector replacement. The engine
was
> solid and I am having difficulty undertstanding how there was a mechanical
> breakdown.
> 
> What could I have messed up in the engine by replacing the injectors and
what
> else can I check?
>  
> Any ideas would be appreciated. I hate to end the life of this car at 210k
> miles.
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:13:22 AM EDT
> From: Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com>
> To: Christopher Gharibo <cgharibo at usa.net>
> Subject: Re: '91 100q 5 injectors replaced - now car wont start
> 
> > As in, it's cranking over but stoo fast, and no compression? Check the TB
> > if that's the case. May be a completely unrelated problem.
> > 
> > Tony
> > 
> > On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 6:35 PM, 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?
> > 
> 
> 
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