My Car won't start

[Jonas]

Not saying you're wrong, but I've never seen it in 25+ yrs of wrenching. Maybe you coincidentally knocked off some corrosion on another connection or wiggled a different connection back together while moving the cables around? It takes far more amps to turn the motor than to cause a spark. Couldn't hurt to try it anyway.

i was in the same situation as this guy. replaced the igniter. replaced the coil. replaced the starter. replaced the battery. nothing. i was about to give up and have it towed. i remembered reading that stupid thing about how coke cleans battery terminals and i decided to try it. 1 can of coke 2 paper towels and a few curse words later and the car was running. and i was out 300 bucks from buying new parts that i didnt need! i even jumped the car beforehand. it would only start with a push start. there is no doubt in my mind that it was the battery cables.

[DsMJUNKY54]

Thanks man im going to try to that today. If my ecu was bad could the motor still turn? and could this problem lead to something with the timing belt

[Jonas]

if the ecu was bad the motor would still turn yes. the cel will be solid when you jump the service connector as well. look for a blue plug under the dash on the passenger side and put a paperclip in it connecting the two holes. then turn your key to II and watch the cel. it will flash out a code. check the sticky thread in the technical forum for details on that.

if the timing belt has snapped you have more problems than a car that wont start. pull your valve cover off and look if you think thats the case. easy enough to do

[Hiran's CE1]

Check the Main Relay

[drummersteve7]

ecu fuse

just pull out the ecu fuse, disconnect the battery and then wait like 10 min.

go back hook up ecu fuse and connect battery!

hopefully you tried this!

[Jonas]

that will clear any fixed error codes in the ecu but it wont fix any problems

[DsMJUNKY54]

[DsMJUNKY54]

This is what my car is doing. Found this video on youtube. Car does the exact same thing.

[Shadow1]

just pull out the ecu fuse, disconnect the battery and then wait like 10 min.

go back hook up ecu fuse and connect battery!

hopefully you tried this!

yeah. the car is at my house. ive been wrenching on it to see what the problem could be. i told him to go to the junk yard and get a dizzy off a car up there. the 2 he brought to me had auto zone "remanufactured" parts in it. probably the main reason why it didnt have any spark.

i pulled the ECU plug too. still nothing. still no spark. im sending him to the junk yard to get a used dizzy with no new or reman. parts in it. ill see if that'll work.

[C91BLX7]

yeah. the car is at my house. ive been wrenching on it to see what the problem could be. i told him to go to the junk yard and get a dizzy off a car up there. the 2 he brought to me had auto zone "remanufactured" parts in it. probably the main reason why it didnt have any spark.

i pulled the ECU plug too. still nothing. still no spark. im sending him to the junk yard to get a used dizzy with no new or reman. parts in it. ill see if that'll work.

Did you test the coil?

[DsMJUNKY54]

No i didnt test the coil how would i do that? The distributor is new shouldnt the coil be new?

[DsMJUNKY54]

I need to get this thing fixed!!!!!!!!!! Name eveything that could cause my car not to get spark please.

[Jonas]

people pretty much did aleady

did you try cleaning the battery connections?

[DsMJUNKY54]

Yeah man i tried that still the same thing. They were pretty clean but i tried them anyway. Is there anything else that could cause it to turn over and not catch. I mean anything nd everything from oil filters to vaccum lines haha if it woud keep it from starting i want to konw so i can check i
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[Jonas]

make sure your spark plugs aren't covered in oil.

dizzy
cap
rotor
plug wires
main relay
fuel pump
igniter
coil
grounds
ecu

thats about it. if that all works the car should run