Having problems with my CA18.... Someone please help????

[GirlyCa18]

Me and my Boyfreind have been working on a car for a while now we finally got the motor in and everything is connected..... the car get power and you can hear the engin crank when you try to start the car but it just wont stay on.... We were told to buy new coil packs and we did but we still have the problem... Can some one please help me i want the car running before the snow thanks if anything ill take a place that well help fix in the lowell, ma area thanks and hope to hear from someone soon

extras to know::ok i know i got spark on the coil packs. and i know for a fact that i am not getting any fuel at all. ( cuz when you turn the key usually hear the injecters).so i am not getting any fuel. also i have some hoses i dont know where they go need help on the.( its 3 hoses the one under the intake manifold.) and also i wanna know if we got the wireing right cuz we kinda **** it up and splice some of them. So it you got wire diogarm would be great and hose diogram would be nice thanks......


Modified by GirlyCa18 at 8:35 PM 10/18/2006

[teddy]

so it cranks and starts, then dies? Or it just cranks?

[adam-gtX]

are you getting fuel?

[ca18detpowered]

fuel lines reversed?

maf correctly wired?

[GirlyCa18]

Just cranks........

[adam-gtX]

but have you checked to see if your getting fuel?

[float_6969]

Check for fuel and spark. Cranks the motor over, pull the plugs and see if they are wet with fuel. If not, then you're not getting fuel. If they are then you've got a spark problem. To check for spark, remove a coil pack, but leave it connected to the harness. Tape a plug to the coil pack, hold the metal part of the plug to the head with something insulated (plastic handled screwdriver) and have someone crank it. If you don't see a very bright spark in the gap, then you probabally have a bad ignitor.

[GirlyCa18]

Thanks everyone...... Keep the ideas coming

[float_6969]

Also, has the motor been apart far enough to have the timing belt off? It is VERY easy to install the belt wrong and that is sometimes enough to not have the car start.

Have you Downloaded the FSM? There is a link in the stickies. It lists how to test the ignitors, coils, ect, to see if they're bad.