wont start after replacing head gasket?

[Dibz]

well I've just been out with the car, set the timing marks (cam and crank) and spun the intermediate shaft to line up the dizzy (it was 180°'s out) and the sodding car just coughed once then slowly spun over, much like if the battery was flat, swapped over the battery for one that has been on charge and got the same result, not firing up and just the slow turning over of the starter.
I have no idea as to why it wont start!

while working on the car I've found a skinny white tube thats not connected that seems to come from the back of the speedo? have no idea as to where that goes and I've found that the bonnet cable is buggered and wont release that easy. so that will need replacing.

[sidecarphil]

skinny white tube isfor the MFA on your dash

if it isn't connected then that'll cause problems too

well done on finding your problem

[Dibz]

the skinny white tube is lose in the engine bay, where does it connect to? got the two other skiny tubes connected up on the air box under the idle screw, but this one i have no idea as to where it goes!

could i maybe have the injector hoses in the wrong order, as well as having a crap battery??

[sidecarphil]

the skinny white tube is lose in the engine bay, where does it connect to? got the two other skiny tubes connected up on the air box under the idle screw, but this one i have no idea as to where it goes!

i think it connects to some vacuum tube from the inlet system but i'm not sure on Kjet

could i maybe have the injector hoses in the wrong order, as well as having a crap battery??

didn't think it was possable

just lay them in the engine bay , and they sit where they connect

i think that it would still sort of run if you did as the fuel is still in the inlet 

[Diamond Hell]

could i maybe have the injector hoses in the wrong order, as well as having a crap battery??

It doesn't matter which way you connect the four injector lines - they all spray simultaneously and continuously - K-jet is stupid, remember.

Wants a photo of the white tube.

[sidecarphil]

 K-jet is stupid, remember.

 

[Dibz]

could i maybe have the injector hoses in the wrong order, as well as having a crap battery??

It doesn't matter which way you connect the four injector lines - they all spray simultaneously and continuously - K-jet is stupid, remember.

Wants a photo of the white tube.

glad that i cant go wrong with the injectors then!
the tube is a skinny white plactic one with a rubber sleve on the end, i'll take a photo and post one first thing.

have no idea as to why its not starting?

[danny_p]

take the plugs out and burn them clean, there probaly dripping with fuel,  then refit plugs.  try start again  if it dosent go just give it full throttel and keep on crancking for about 15 seconds. 

if that dosent work try putting a touch more advance on with the dizzy

[monzablue16v]

The white skinny tube is the vac line for the MFA, connects onto the vac pipe going from the inlet manifold to the brake servo. K-Jet is a b!tch, crack the fuel feed to the metering head, with the ignition of and see if fuel weeps out, check the spark by removing a plug and earthing to the block using insulated pliers, remove an injector, put it in a jam jar and crank it over. Double check the cam timing and make sure it's not the cam sprocket that is 180 degs out as this will make the engine turn over slowly as it opens the valves at the wrong time, tbh my money is on the cam timing.
This is an epic thread btw!

[monzablue16v]

BTW the engine will still run with the vac line disconnected, check for unmetered air getting into the system as well as K-Jet really dislike that!