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  • E30MACK
    Wrencher
    • Dec 2009
    • 230

    #1

    no start after timing belt install

    ok so I replaced the timing belt, tensioner, thermostat, waterpump, cam gaskets, all belts, new radioator, new coolant.....bla bla bla, I go to start it and no go. I made sure all the timing marks lined up before I put everything together. any suggestions?
  • ak-
    R3V OG
    • May 2009
    • 12422

    #2
    Explain the bla bla bla. Could be important

    1991 325iS turbo

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    • b*saint
      No R3VLimiter
      • May 2006
      • 3794

      #3
      I would start by retracing your steps you took to remove everything. Obviously its something you did or forgot to do.
      Ma che cazzo state dicendo? :|

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      • LJ851
        R3V OG
        • Nov 2010
        • 7918

        #4
        Reinstall the ignition rotor? TB job is pretty simple, you must have disconnected something and not reconnected it.
        Lorin


        Originally posted by slammin.e28
        The M30 is God's engine.

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        • billybobjoseph
          Wrencher
          • Mar 2011
          • 213

          #5
          Start by checking fuel and spark - go from there.

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          • E30MACK
            Wrencher
            • Dec 2009
            • 230

            #6
            i guess the bla bla bla would be the ignition rotor...I think thats the only thing I left out. I did replace a hose clamp on the the intake system, but that was just take one off and put it right back on. would a timing light tell me if my timing is off with out pulling everything back apart?
            I didnt change anything with fuel and the only thing i changed with spark was the ignition rotor.

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            • IveGotIssues666
              E30 Addict
              • Oct 2006
              • 517

              #7
              Originally posted by E30MACK
              i guess the bla bla bla would be the ignition rotor...I think thats the only thing I left out. I did replace a hose clamp on the the intake system, but that was just take one off and put it right back on. would a timing light tell me if my timing is off with out pulling everything back apart?
              I didnt change anything with fuel and the only thing i changed with spark was the ignition rotor.
              Is it a late model E30 with a crank sensor? If so did you disconnect it? Did you mess with the spark plug wires at all on the cap itself? If so you could have them in the wrong order...

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              • E30MACK
                Wrencher
                • Dec 2009
                • 230

                #8
                its a 88' 325is with a crank sensor which i took off and reconnected. I didnt unhook the plug wires at all just the distributor cap with everything connected still.

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                • gp.plus
                  E30 Addict
                  • Mar 2010
                  • 416

                  #9
                  You may have the cps and cylinder identifier plugs swapped, they look the same.

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                  • moatilliatta
                    R3V OG
                    • Feb 2005
                    • 6121

                    #10
                    Do you have spark and fuel? What kind of vacuum numbners are you getting?

                    I was up above it, Now I'm down in it ~ Entropy - A Build thread.
                    @Zakspeed_US

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                    • E30MACK
                      Wrencher
                      • Dec 2009
                      • 230

                      #11
                      haven't checked vac numbers yet, have spark and fuel. dunno about the cps and cylinder identifier plug....im pretty sure i didnt switch those though.

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