1990 302 FI starting problems
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1990 302 FI starting problems
To start out with, it is a car. A '90 ford crown vic. I want to get it running so I can sell it and put the money into my truck. With that out of the way, It turns over good. It has spark at the coil and at the cylinder. I've sprayed starting fluid into the intake and the cylinder but it won't pop off. Am I missing something easy or could it have jumped time enough to mess it up that bad? If anyone has any feedback, I would appreciate it greatly.
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1990 302 FI starting problems
Smell gas, huh? Only other thing I can think of is to pull the vac hose off the fuel pressure regulator and make sure there's no gas in that vacuum line. Seems like if the regulator diaphram ruptured it would flood out the engine and not let it start. Kind of hard to figure, got gas, got spark, no fire...
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1990 302 FI starting problems
New update on this thread. I checked the compression on the driver side of the motor and every cylinder was between 60 and 70 pounds. My buddy's brother told me that it was probably way out of time. Has anyone come across something like this before?
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1990 302 FI starting problems
Could be the timing chain has jumped a few teeth. Use a socket on the dampener bolt and see how much you can turn the engine over in each direction before the rotor in the distributor moves.
