Car Got spark and got fuel but wont start :(

[Wayne]

Ecu fault maybe 

[Bigdunc]

i havent done a compression test yet as my tester broke and my mate hasnt brought his over yet, but head was done about a thousand ago so doubt its gone already but its possible.

Ecu i have 3 ecu's and tryed them all,

I have replaced the earth from bonnet to wing and from coil to head, the other earths that strap to the head i have cut the old crimp loops off and put new ones on making sure i rubbed down the wire with wet and dry befor adding new crimp end

i cleaned up the earth from gearbox to the battery , so confident its not a earth

i did find it strange that the car kicked in for a second almost started when i opened up the maf unit (black cover) and mooved needel manualy makes me thing the tracks are f**ked and not opening properly

[Bigdunc]

well looks like i wont be able to test the car much atm as starter just gone, all i getting is a click when turning key, i checked timing belt and all seams to match up ok

[clipperjay]

Dunc have you been leaving the ignition on? You know it can burn out your coil don't you?
Bummer the starter has gone bridge a screw driver over the terminals see if its really the start motor.
Have you advanced the dizzy when you started to fire it up yet?
 I'm saying that if timing is fine (TDC) then adjusting the dizzy should bring it back into line as I remember you saying you have taken the dizzy off a few times? 

[Bigdunc]

ok i got her started, seams it wasnt the starter but the battery had gone flat, i gave her a charge today and put it back in and with the new maf the car fired in to life with some cranking , left engine running for 5 mins or so then had to go in to get some tools so turned engine off and wouldnt start again battery had gone flat,

im guessing this is bacause the battery wasnt charging up at idle very quickly or the battery is nackerd

im gonna run her for a while tomorrow night after work and set the timing so hopfully reving at 2-2.5k while doing the timing should help with the charge , if she still wont hold a charge then ill look in to testing the altenator and swapping the battery over

but so far looks like cleaning up the earths, new coil and plugs and a new maf and she working

[clipperjay]

ok i got her started, seams it wasnt the starter but the battery had gone flat, i gave her a charge today and put it back in and with the new maf the car fired in to life with some cranking , left engine running for 5 mins or so then had to go in to get some tools so turned engine off and wouldnt start again battery had gone flat,

im guessing this is bacause the battery wasnt charging up at idle very quickly or the battery is nackerd

im gonna run her for a while tomorrow night after work and set the timing so hopfully reving at 2-2.5k while doing the timing should help with the charge , if she still wont hold a charge then ill look in to testing the altenator and swapping the battery over

but so far looks like cleaning up the earths, new coil and plugs and a new maf and she working

Great news Dunc I was dying slowly....... Have you doubled the earth to gearbox to make sure!

[Bigdunc]

all the earths are new or cleaned up that was the first thing i done. if i didnt have the gutts to open up my maf and play with the needle then i may still have a dead car now, tracks do look like they seen better days.

i was thinking maybe that the head was f**ked as when the head was skimmed they has to take alot off of the head and we only used a standard head gasket as all i could afford was thinking that maybe head had had it but releaved that this is ok

turns out that my battery wont hold a charge now so new battery for me tomorrow