isaacsni

Ok guys, I'm an idiot. I was going off the 0 mark on the flywheel. I was assuming that was the same as the three lined because the flywheel I have doesn't have the three lines. I got the flywheel from Autozone and it doesn't have the three lines. They were nice enough to order me another flywheel to compare and it also doesn't have the marks. Does anyone know how many degrees and what direction the three marks should be off from the 0 mark. I think with a torque angle gauge I should be able to get it into the correct position if I know that. I think it should be 90 degrees off from TDC but am not sure and don't know what direction. Thanks for all the help. Isaac

Thanks for all the replies. I rechecked the cam timing and it's spot on. Rechecked the distributor install and its also good. I also cranked the engine by hand to TDC on 1 with the plug out and my finger over the hole to confirm that it was on compression and the distributor was in the correct position. The rotor was also pointing at cyl 1 plug wire. I followed the plug wires around the cap and each one is in he correct position according to firing order. I'm fresh out of ideas on this car other than swapping out the ECU but I have a hard time thinking this will do it. How much fuel should be injected during cranking? If cranking with the intake boot off the throttle body and the throttle closed it will splash up out of the throttle body in a mist with every injection pulse. It just seems to me that it might be injecting too much fuel. Also it will sound like it wants to start the first time I crank it after sitting for a few days. After that it will just crank and not sound like it wants to start like its flooded. But if I pull the plugs and dry them off, the are fuel covered, and crank it with the injector unplugged to blow the fuel out then it will still not sound like it wants to start. Any other ideas on where to go from here?

Hi all, thanks for taking the time to look at this. So this car has been giving me nightmares. It's a 90 Loyale and I can't for the life of me figure out why it won't start. The problem started after replacing the head gaskets. After re installing the engine it will not start. It seems to have a healthy spark and the injector is pulsing and injecting fuel but it won't start. I have re checked he cam and distributor timing as well the spark plug wire locations and they are fine. The compression is good. The resistance on the coil primary and secondary is good. i also swapped out the distributor. The one thing that might be strange is that there is quite a bit of fuel being injected per pulse. I'm not sure how much should be shot in in each pulse though. The first time I try to start it it sounds as if it wants its going to fire but just wont quite take off. I'm thinking it might be flooding it out but not sure if this the cause or the effect. There was a little damage to one of the wires in the engine harness, it was only the oil pressure sensor wire but i had another harness so i swapped that in with no change. I have checked all the the grounds, fuses and fusible links and there are all good. There are no codes in the engine control unit. In my checks i found there was some corrosion on the plug for the coil power transistor under the coil but it seems be working because i'm getting spark. Power to the coil is about 11 volts when cranking maybe a little less. I am dropping about a half volt from the battery to the coil. I'm getting to the point where i want to throw a engine computer at it and there only about $75 if i can pull one out of a junk yard but it's money that I'd rather save it if i'm missing something stupid. Anyone out there have any ideas. Thanks, Isaac