matty75

Just to give this closure, I performed a compression test, results left a bad taste in my mouth, #1 75psi, #2 115psi, #3 120psi, #4 40psi, #5 40psi, #6 40psi, even though the gauge was a cheap one, and possibly far from accurate, the differances can not be argued with, test was performed multiple times, with not much variation of numbers during each attempt, throttle down, fuel pump unplugged and a fully charged battery..... This has left me wondering WTF has happened? car started easily before that fatefull drive, did not seem to turn any different from any other day, as I said in the first post, I was not wringing the things neck, hell it was still warming up, and I do preach mechanical sympathy at these times, I guess a leak down test is the next step, Any clues as to what may have occured to turn a once healthy engine into one that will not start due to catastrophic compression loss??? Time to pull the AE86 out of mothballs and get it regoed, sick of this walking caper...... Alternatively, anyone got a healthy rb26 bottom end for sale around Newcastle??? Thanks for the help guys, I guess only excessive alcohol consumption will ease my pain from now on!!! Matty.

ok, so it turns out my brain doesn't function particularly well on 4 hours sleep, ignition is all ok, turned out i was turning the CAS the wrong way, so spark side of equation is all good, I guess the next things on the list are to check fuel pressure, and the compression, unless there is something else I should look towards, please note, I have tried everything with each set of injectors installed, and these replacement injectors are factory r34 gtr injectors, which research shows me are interchangable with r32 injectors, but this info has been from on-line sources, so.....Anyhoo, thanks for the input, any more thinking from anyone else, so I dont have to use my dodgy brain, is again greatly appreciated. Matty.

Hi all, I have a problem that is both making me lose hair and sleep, and weight as I have to walk everywhere! I recently changed the injectors of my car over (2 of the originals were leaky) everything was good for a day and a half, untill the car stopped dead on me on my way to work. got the car towed home to sort it out, but the no start problem is still there. So this is what is going on.... when I pull out the CAS, and turn it the injectors can be heard clicking, the fuel pump is working, but the strange thing is that the only good quality spark comes from cylinder 1, all other coils give a weak spark, and somewhat erratic as they dont spark regularly compared to the first, i swapped the coils arround, same thing still good on number 1, I have tried a new ignitor, put new plugs in, can smell fuel in the exhaust after cranking for a long time, even teamed up my freshly charged battery with a jump starter pack, seems to almost want to go (prob cylinder 1 doing the right thing), but wont. Speed of cranking does not sound any different to normal, and timing belt has not moved over any teeth, If it is of any consequence, I noticed that the tacho does not move when cranking. Before I delve into the sea of wiring I figured Id see if i can get some pointers from you, I have checked earths quickly, and they seem ok, but have not gotten arround to testing continuity of wiring to the ECU, when the car stopped I had only been driving for 2 minutes, and was not giving it a taste of my right boot prior to stoppage..... Any help, ideas, oppinions etc. would be greatly appreciated, before i turn into skinny zombie kojack............ cheers and beers, Matty.