Technical Gogsown1 car wont start

[gogsown1]

I have just replaced the head, timing belt & adjuster + roller, water pump, new head bolts and gaskets new oil + filter and coolant change. I also bought the special tools for locking the camshaft`s. I served my apprecticship on all the good gear, Alegro`s, Marina`s and so forth! and must admit we didnt have any electrical gadjets built into the car`s then.

I received my car back in a stripped down condition from the useless garage it went in for repair, (Another story). This was the first double overhead camshaft with 16 valves I have worked on so I followed the Haynes manual coupled with my previous experiences to the letter.

Came the day of starting the car, it wouldnt fire up. Fuel seemed to be getting in, but on checking the spark plugs there is no spark. After checking all connections, resetting the engine timing again it still wont fire.

Obvoiusly during the work the battery had been disconected and re charged. On reading the owners manual it mentions the resetting of the vehicle code with the bergundy key (which I didnt get with the car). Does anybody think this could be the problem, ie immobaliser not kicking in with having all the electrics disconnected and then put back together again. The car is central locking but does not have remote locking. :bang:

 

[Renegade_8]

Re: Gogsown1

I dont think so, disconnecting the ECU resets the map, but it just re-learns your car and driving style over the next few hundred miles. i have changed batteries and the car just starts first time on the blue key once its back together.

 

[jug]

it cant be the immob because the immob cuts the fuel pump, not the sparks.

sice you dont have sparks there are only a few possibilties.

1. main earth strap disconnected or damaged
2. LT wiring from coil to ecu is damaged
3. ecu not sending LT signal to coil due to crankshaft position sensor fault