Somewhere I've messed up.
Everything was reconnected; and I've tried to start the car. It started after several turns but is running on 2 cylinders (might have been 3) with the Engine Management light permanently on. Damn.
So, what could it be?
- It can't be the crank pulley because I've made that mistake before (putting it on 1/3 of a turn out) and I triple checked this time! (Plus last time it didn't even start when I got this wrong)
- The timing, I lined up the marks on cam pulley with the mark on head, and the same with the crank pulley, and with the belt lines, rotated the engine by hand at least 6 times and for every 2 turns of the crank the cam wheel turned once, and the marks lined up every 2nd time the crank went round.
- The HT leads, I have connected them (BACK OF ENGINE BAY 4 1 2 3 FRONT OF ENGINE BAY), am I right in thinking it would fail to start if I'd swapped the LT leads or put the leads on the wrong packs (there was no fire in TB)
- The injectors, all plugs are pushed firmly on with the metal clips fitted. They are in the right order, the leads won't reach to allow you to fit them round the wrong way!
- The crank sensor was never disconnected or moved
- The other wire which goes down the side of the cam belt cover (other than the crank sensor wire) this wire goes to a plug with a single terminal, this has been checked and is plugged in (think it is to do with the oil pump)
- All TB connections have been checked and it appears that there is no possible way of mixing up the plugs, also there are no plugs which are unplugged.
- The cam wheel sensor (this is an MPI) is plugged in. Something has just occured to me. The place that skimmed the head *supposedly* took the cam pulley off. I say supposedly as it is perfectly possible he took the cam out whilst still connected to the pulley, but if he dismantled them could he have put the cam pulley back at a different position to the cam? Therefore making the cam position sensor read the gaps on the wheel wrongly?
Any help greatly appreciated,
Thanks,
GP3000000 (Annoyed and a bit panicky)