Re: back firing, no start

["jtrealty@xxxx " <jtrealty@xxxx>]

How did you make sure it is getting plenty of fuel? A quick test
would 
be to try to start the engine while spraying just a LITTLE ether into 
the intake. If it sputters and or starts then you can assume it isn't 
getting fuel.How did you check for spark? If you just checked the
wire 
from the coil then how do you know if the distributer, rotor, spark 
plug wires, and plugs are ok. When you removed the cap and wires and 
plugs are you sure that you reinstalled all of that correctly? A 
problem that you started with may now be compounded because you
messed 
up the firing order or reinstalled some other component improperly. 
You need to start at the beginning because if you really do have 
spark and fuel then you should see some life as you try to start the 
motor. Remember that at idle when cold most of the fuel will be 
supplied by the cold start valve. Backfiring out off the intake could 
be a sign of either mixed up spark plug wires or the firing order is 
way off. In Richmond Jack Singer couldn't get his car to run after 
replacing the mixture valve. It turned out to be that the mixture 
ajusting screw was way off. When Rob Grady gave it about 2 turns it 
ran fine. (Normaly it just gets adjusted about 1/8 turn).Now I am not 
saying to go touch the mixture valve but what I am saying is that if 
you don't know what you are doing you can cause more problems then 
what you started with. Any good mechanic starting now with your car 
would start from the beginning verifing each system and component as 
he goes along taking nothing for granted like do the spark plug wires 
go to the right places and is the distributer cap on right? By 
troublshooting with a shotgun and taking things apart without 
diagnosing a trouble you may introduce additional problems. A good 
spark means nothing if it doesn't get to the right cylinder at the 
right time.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, Delorean17@xxxx wrote:
> Hello,
> My car started to get hard to start about 2 months ago and
would 
take 
> more and more time to turn over until it finally wouldnt about 2 
days later. 
> Since the car sat for so long before I got it I thought there 
might be 
> corrosion in the ignition distributor and other ignition
components. 
I took 
> the cap off and there was a little bit of corrosion so I removed 
dist and had 
> it cleaned. I put it back in and had the correct notch(opposite 
notch at 
> 7:30 position) on the pully lined up with the "0" notch on the 
plate, and I 
> made sure the rotor was pointed to the #1 cylinder firing position. 
I put 
> in new plugs, rotor,cap and wires as long as I had the intake off.
> It will not start now. I just get backfires out of the intake 
when I 
> turn it over. I checked all of the vacuum lines and they are
tight. 
I see 
> that the canister in the rear pontoon has the cap missing from the 
port that 
> does not have a hose going to it. is it necessary to have the cap
on 
it? any 
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated on what my problem could be
> !
> Thank You
> David
> ps.it has great spark and is getting fuel......