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tammha
11-09-2005, 12:06 PM
My car does not want to start for some reason, My battery and everything is working fine, after I try to start it i smell a little gas, What could be causing it not to start?
aznpoopy
11-09-2005, 01:03 PM
gas? pull your spark plugs and shine a light into your cylinders to see if your engine is flooded.
borohingacoupe
11-09-2005, 04:32 PM
Does it crank, but not start? Does it make any noises at all? Or do you turn the key and nothing happens?

Matt
AllenRPS13
11-09-2005, 04:47 PM
yes, my friend got the same problem... it cranks and make noises... but just cannot start... he already check the starter, spark plugs... still cannot figure it out what happen...
SRkouki
11-09-2005, 04:51 PM
this may sound kinda stupid... but are you sure the car has gas.....

i went a little too long on empty and my car would crank but it just wouldnt start because of lack of fuel.
Irving18m
11-09-2005, 05:48 PM
Search my name, but on my 93 240 i had a problem of the car just not wanting to start sometimes in either hot or cold temp. I replaced the coolant temp sensor and have had no problems yet. (red or yellow, red connector going into it, right next to your throttle body). Good luck!
tammha
11-10-2005, 08:42 AM
problem was fixed I checked the battery cables and the positive wire was
a little loose , it start up fine for now, hope the problem is fixed i will keep you posted.
FlyingChicken
11-10-2005, 05:34 PM
yeah one time, i pulled out the sparkplug and tried to look in the hole. I didnt have a flashlight on me so i used my lighter instead.

Needless to say, my eyebrow and eyelashes were all burnt on one side of my face.
borohingacoupe
11-10-2005, 06:51 PM
yeah one time, i pulled out the sparkplug and tried to look in the hole. I didnt have a flashlight on me so i used my lighter instead.

Needless to say, my eyebrow and eyelashes were all burnt on one side of my face.

:eek3: :rofl: :duh:
daryl337
11-14-2005, 06:18 PM
I am having a similar situation, however it is definately not the battery.Ok.. I am going to give you guys some background on this motor... I had burnt a piston in the thing a while back.. and had rebuilt the motor... however when I got the motor running.. it was smoking something fierce.. so I took it back out and decided to do it again.... found out that my rings were to blame... and now the motor is rebuilt. At this point... I have the motor sitting at TDC... the keyways on the cams are set correctly (about 10 and 12 o'clock)... and there are the correct amount of links inbetween the two sprockets... so my cam timing is correct... With the car at TDC, I set the CAS's timing marks in line.. so it should be timed fairly close (at least good enough to get the motor started so I can get a timing gun on it to time it)...
I am getting spark on all plugs, and coil packs. However, my motor is flooding like a *****... I thought it could be timing at first.. because that is how the motor acts when you try to start it... like the timing is messed up... however like I said, I think it is fairly close. I have excellant compression... so compression+gas(since the dang thing floods I assume I am getting fuel)+ air + Spark = work right? So what can be happening here?
aznpoopy
11-14-2005, 06:25 PM
rebuilt motor

you installed the fuel injectors yourself?

you probably fucked up the o-rings on the injectors. im currently having this issue.

install all new seals, lube them up and then:

It's a very common problem to incorrectly install them. When installing the side feed injectors, you hand install them. Push and twist till it "snaps" into place. A lot of people use the screw caps to push em in, which is wrong.
daryl337
11-14-2005, 06:34 PM
its a possibility.. howerver I never pulled the injectors from the intake manifold... I just took it all off at once.