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YOUR RESEARCHCar will not start? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
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Just used an inspection camera and checked all the way around.
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Run 100% perfect
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Run perfect
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Use color inspection camera and looked at all the teeth
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Used a color inspection camera and looked at all the teeth on the flywheel.
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On stands for 4 months now. Sheesh.
Got trans in today, and all smooth. Wanted to fire up motor but no exhaust yet.
Turns over great. Will not even try to start. Ideas?
See if the thing is firing, if not, well there are quite a few posts indicating how easy it is to bend a couple of the flywheel tabs making it hard for the crank position sensor to read the position of the crankshaft.
Tach moves. I can smell gas. No ignition. Wanted to get it started before 100% reassemble.
Guess I'll start with fuel pressure. What's the best way to check for spark?
Ran perfect before IMS and trans R & R. Checked timing. Was perfect after two spins.
Pulled CPS. Still magnetic but looking for a new one now.
If you have a Ohm meter, pull the connector and put probes into pin 1 and 2 you should read around 800-1000 ohms, then repeat the same test for pin1 and 3 and it should show infinite (meaning open/as if not touching). If either of these is not the case I would replace the CPS.
Hope that helps
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No. OEM from Pelican as part of a master kit. DMF
CPS ohms exactly as described above. Will reinstall.
Used a color inspection camera and looked at all the teeth on the flywheel. They are right there and perfect.
Thanks.
What is the procedure for testing for spark?
I'm here late tonight to fix this.
I can smell gas from exhaust, but have not checked pressure yet. Ran 100% perfect before this.
I do it cave man style, pull out a coil, stick a spark plug on it, ground the outside of the plug, and have someone crank while I look for spark at the plug.
