Re: [DML] back firing, no start
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Re: [DML] back firing, no start



David,

Try the following test to determine that the rotor is oriented correctly.
Check the timing with a regular timing light and see if cylinder #1 is
firing at the TDC #1 pulley notch while cranking the engine.

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----- Original Message -----
From: <Delorean17@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 8:06 PM
Subject: [DML] back firing, no start


> Hello,
> My car started to get hard to start about 2 months ago and would take
> more and more time to turn over until it finally wouldnt about 2 days
later.
> Since the car sat for so long before I got it I thought there might be
> corrosion in the ignition distributor and other ignition components. I
took
> the cap off and there was a little bit of corrosion so I removed dist and
had
> it cleaned. I put it back in and had the correct notch(opposite notch at
> 7:30 position) on the pully lined up with the "0" notch on the plate, and
I
> made sure the rotor was pointed to the #1 cylinder firing position. I
put
> in new plugs, rotor,cap and wires as long as I had the intake off.
> It will not start now. I just get backfires out of the intake when I
> turn it over. I checked all of the vacuum lines and they are tight. I
see
> that the canister in the rear pontoon has the cap missing from the port
that
> does not have a hose going to it. is it necessary to have the cap on it?
any
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated on what my problem could be
> !
> Thank You
> David







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