peebo74

sorry for the long delay but have not had time to work on car. Finally found some time to check on a few of all the good ideas. After inspecting the timing belt through the front cover and determining the belt was not broken I then was atempting to check timing with a timing light when the enginge began to fire on one cylinder. After several tries of long startings it began to fire on two cylinders. It then started and ran like crap for a few minutes. After it warmed up it began to smooth out and run like normal. I shut it off and then started it again. The next morning it started again. I have yet to drive it anywhere but it acts like nothing happened. Long story short I may never know what the heck was wrong with my little subbie. Thanks to all that gave ideas and while I would really like to give someone credit for having the right idea I just dont know what was wrong! Thank you very much and I hope this doesn't keep anyone awake like it did me!

Finally had some time to work on the car this weekend. Still no luck in getting it started. The distributor cap looks great. I did replace it a few months back so it is fairly new. Was able to see the flashing led under the dash. It flashes three times in a relatively fast time. A short pause and then three flashes again. It does this over and over. I watched it for about 2 minutes to see if it would do anything else and it never did. I think this means it has not stored a code. Am I right or do I not understand what I am seeing? Any more Ideas. I have been working on cars my whole life and have a fairly good idea of what I am doing. This has me pulling out my hair!

I was able to take a look at the distributor and the little screw was in place. Was really hoping that was the problem. Not enough time to look at any other ideas yet. Broken timing belt? I assume the best way to look into this problem would be to remove passenger side cover on front of engine. Vissually inspect belt and gear to see no teeth missing. I assume driver side belt is still working as the distributor still works. Is this thinking correct? Help and ideas still appreciated!

My 87 GL-10 turbo started in my driveway and ran for about 5 seconds then died. It cranks over nicely but won't start. It is getting good fuel at the fuel rail. It has good spark at all 4 plugs. I have read that these have a crank position sensor that can go out. I can't find where it is located on my engine(ea82). Does anyone know if this could be the problem and where it is? My thought is the injectors are not getting the signal to fire. Any ideas are welcome. Thanks