AE86 won't start HELP

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AE86 won't start HELP

Postby sanchezkb » Sun Mar 13, 2016 4:25 pm

Went on a long drive yesterday. Get up this morning and it wont start. The engine is turning over but its not starting.The engine is getting fuel,spark and the injector have pulse. Im now starting to think the spark is too weak. The distributor, cap, rotor, coil, wires and spark plugs has less than 5,000 miles. Please Help!!! :?:

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Re: AE86 won't start HELP

Postby jondee86 » Sun Mar 13, 2016 4:38 pm

Maybe the spark is happening at the wrong time ? Check the ignition timing
while cranking... should be around 10 or 12 DBTDC. If it is a long way different
from that, check the cam timing. Belt might have jumped a few teeth.

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Re: AE86 won't start HELP

Postby sanchezkb » Sun Mar 13, 2016 5:39 pm

jondee86 wrote:Maybe the spark is happening at the wrong time ? Check the ignition timing
while cranking... should be around 10 or 12 DBTDC. If it is a long way different
from that, check the cam timing. Belt might have jumped a few teeth.

Cheers... jondee86

The cam timing is good. I move the dizzi back and foward and nothing happen.

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Re: AE86 won't start HELP

Postby jondee86 » Sun Mar 13, 2016 6:42 pm

Check the wires that come out of the distributor. Those wires can move around
quite a bit, and sometimes one will get broken. Usually it happens close to the
dissy so make sure there is not one that has cracked or broken.

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Re: AE86 won't start HELP

Postby Jeonsah » Mon Mar 14, 2016 11:00 am

Make sure your AFM ground is connected. Its a old yellowish square connector on the frame rail where the cross member bolts are.

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Re: AE86 won't start HELP

Postby sanchezkb » Mon Mar 14, 2016 6:15 pm

Today I checked all the grounds.I did all the troubleshooting procedures by the book and didn't find nothing. The only thing that I can think of is the igniter. I bought one today should be here on Wednesday.

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Re: AE86 won't start HELP

Postby SR85DET » Wed Mar 16, 2016 9:29 am

sanchezkb wrote:The cam timing is good. I move the dizzi back and foward and nothing happen.

Do you own or can you borrow a timing light to verify the ignition timing? It can be hard to find the right timing just by moving the distributor back and forth.

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Re: AE86 won't start HELP

Postby Deuce Cam » Wed Mar 16, 2016 2:39 pm

sanchezkb wrote:Today I checked all the grounds.I did all the troubleshooting procedures by the book and didn't find nothing. The only thing that I can think of is the igniter. I bought one today should be here on Wednesday.


Any cel? Have you jumped the T and E1 terminals on the diagnostic port/plug to look for saved cel codes? Fyi if it's a bad igniter you should have code no. 3 saved.

A couple months ago I had a cel flash briefly while driving. I checked for saved codes and code no. 3 was present. (No performance issues fyi.) I cleared the code. A short time later my engine stalled while driving, cel light lit up solid on the dash, and engine would no longer start. I checked for saved codes and no. 3 was again present. I swapped igniters with a spare and problem was fixed.

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Re: AE86 won't start HELP

Postby sanchezkb » Fri Mar 18, 2016 3:44 am

So I replaced the igniter now the engine is running. But now around 3500 rpm mi engine start misfiring like crazy and I'm not getting any code :oops: :oops:

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Re: AE86 won't start HELP

Postby Deuce Cam » Fri Mar 18, 2016 12:03 pm

What does the cel on the dash do when you jump terminals T and E1?