At Fixya.com, our trusted experts are meticulously vetted and possess extensive experience in their respective fields. Backed by a community of knowledgeable professionals, our platform ensures that the solutions provided are thoroughly researched and validated.
- If you need clarification, ask it in the comment box above.
- Better answers use proper spelling and grammar.
- Provide details, support with references or personal experience.
Tell us some more! Your answer needs to include more details to help people.You can't post answers that contain an email address.Please enter a valid email address.The email address entered is already associated to an account.Login to postPlease use English characters only.
Tip: The max point reward for answering a question is 15.
Pull the Distributor cap off or the plastic cover that is over the timing belt. You need to check the Timing belt to see if it is intact. If the rotor doesn't turn or the timing belt doesn't turn when you crank teh engine the engine the timing belt is broken.
Make sure your coolant levels are up. If not, it may be the problem. The coolant sensor is reading inappropriate figures & sending incorrect timing figures to the computer. Change the coolant sensor & make sure your air filter is clean. The coolant sensor is close to the thermostat housing. Good luck!
Don't know where you are located but discount parts stores carry repair manuals that have the diagram (figure) to illistrate the alignment notches to time the timing belt. Also, some Libraries have on line access to save you money on purchasing a manual. Manuals are handy to have on all vehicles one owns to fix lots of problems for a do it yourselfer.
Go to autozone.com and sign up. They have a free repair guide that should cover your car and give detailed directions on changing the timing belt. Good Luck
If it starts & runs for a few seconds with gas down carb, obviously you have a fuel delivery problem, as in fuel filter plugged, fuel pump, or perhaps you got some bad gas recently?
At the starter, clean the wire at the solinoid, that's the small wire. This is just a push on terminal on most models. That should get you baby crankin! Frankster016
×