CA18DET wont start HELP

[DriftLife240]

so i just dropped in my ca18 into my 92 240. i got brand new maf just got a q45 ignitor and did all the wiring. just plugged in my ignitor and tried to start it and nothing. put a screw driver in the rubber part of the coil pack and no sparks not sure what is going on here can someone help? did i not wire somthing right or what? need to fix this asap like before the weekend. if anyone can help id greatly appreciate it

[boost_boy]

Hard to say if you did or didn't. Could be a bad ecu or you could have wired it up wrong. Too vague to really help at this time.

[float_6969]

ecu codes? Is there power to the coils? Is there power to the ignitor? You have A LOT of variables here.

[DriftLife240]

Definitely checking tonight just and some ideas I will have more on it later along with pictures i do know i wasnt getting spark though. also just a thought but i plugged the ca plugs for the ignitor into my q45 ignitor this doesnt matter does it? Not sure if all the wires go to the same pin as the q45 would have

[DriftLife240]

plugs behind battery tray wired right or not?









anyone know what these 4 random plugs are ?



its just for looks now haha

so an update on whats going wrong. i tried starting the car before work and it sputtered but never started. so i pulled out the first spark plug and now i have spark. no i didnt get a chance to pull the other 3 i didnt have time to do the first but i did anyways cars more important then work haha not really. i have fuel in the fuel line and its got pressure behind it went to take the fuel line off with a flathead and gas came out as soon as i lifted it. also have not checked the ecu or cas only things i can think could be wrong besides the 3 other spark plugs i never checked any other ideas or suggestions?

[DriftLife240]

another update neighbor n my dad are working on it right now cas is working fuel injectors clicking all spark plugs sparking still wont start tries to but dies instantly if it even fires

[boost_boy]

Not wired correctly. Wires inside the car hooked-up correctly or even hooked-up?

[DriftLife240]

Yea it is the dash plugs are wired up i used someones guide and all the wires it said to hook up are hooked up and the others are tapped off and the ecuin is all plugged in what exactly isn't wired correct? by the way all those are the only plugs I spliced besides the dash plug everything else plugged in so am i missing anything else that needs too be rewired? knock sensor is done also

[DriftLife240]

So another update i got it to start and kept it on by revving it and then it just died so it must be an issue with the gas right? i tried without the maf and same thing only kept it on by revving

[float_6969]

The fast idle valve below the throttle body has failed. Very common. See if you can keep it running until it warms up. If it will then idle on it's own, that's you're problem. If that doesn't fix it, then the actual idle valve (on the side of the Intake manifold, the short fat one, not the long skinny one) may be bad.

[DriftLife240]

thanks for the help float it was neither of those turns out im a complete dumbass. all i can say is CHECK YOUR FUEL LINES. i had them on backwards of course. car cranks right up now runs and sounds great and the good news is after i checked compressions it was 175 across the board and my neighbor has one of those long cameras looked down in the block and i have new pistons and i have a new looking timing belt as well and a new water pump seriously i got amazingly lucky with this motor. oh and now its for sale haha