car wont start after i changed the camshaft

[detok]

well i picked up and a6 camshaft for like 10 bucks at a junk yard and i put it together and the car cranks but wont start

[customchord]

What all did you take apart to do it?

[detok]

took out the rocker arm assembly unscrewed the cam and unscrewed the camshaft from the distributor then just did everything the same way to put it back

[kelton]

Did you put the ground back on the valve cover?

[detok]

yeah

[C91BLX7]

Did you put the ground back on the valve cover?

You don't need that.

Is the timing right? did you over or under tighen anything?

[deevergote]

How long was the car sitting before everything was complete? If it sat without being started for a while, the battery may be weak.

[detok]

like 3 days but i unplugged the battery and its a new duralast gold from autozone

[MRX]

Does it turn over? if so are you getting spark and fuel? Check engine lights? Double check that the head and block are both at TDC when they are supposed to be.

[90accords]

fif it's cranking but not starting, I'd say your timing is off....... realign the timing marks on the flywheel to TDC and see if the cam is in the right position

[deevergote]

Ok, so that's probably fine. Are you sure your battery cables are clean? (sounds stupid, I know... but I spent $300 on new parts one time, only to find that dirty cables were the cause of my no-start situation!)



No start, but cranking, can only mean two things... no spark, or no fuel.

Pull a sparkplug, but leave it attached to the wire. Hold it near something metal, and have someone crank the engine. Look for spark. Then smell for fuel at the empty sparkplug hole. If you see spark, your ignition is working... so it's probably a fuel issue. If it's a fuel issue, look first to the main relay, then the fuel pump.

If you get no spark, then look to your distributor cap and rotor (cheap). Then your igniter (not as cheap), and then your coil (more expensive yet)... Finally, the distributor itself (cheap! not...)






Of course... as mentioned above... did you properly align the cam gear for the correct timing? Do you have cylinder #1 at TDC on both the cam gear and the crank pulley?

The ignition timing itself won't really affect starting, but the mechanical timing will.

[d112crzy]

I say his spark timing order is off.

[customchord]

If his distributor timing is off it will still start you can't mess it up to bad unless you mean he put the wires in a different order or has is 180 out of degree.

[d112crzy]

not the distributor timing, i meant spark plug wire order. It's happened to me.

[detok]

ill get some one to check the timing thanks people