Car wont start after painting rocker cover HELP!!

  1. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2009 Jonathan Tonk's yard. Posts: 4232 '85 Opel Manta '88 Manta GT/E '87 Rayleigh Roadi
    #1
    I did take the HT leads off though but i put them back on longest to shortest so the longest cable went to the furthest plug.

    Why wont it start?
  2. Established Member Joined: Apr 2009 just aroon the corner Posts: 1509 Audi S5, Corsa, Defender 90 CSW
    #2
    there on wrong, search to find the order, 8v aint my thing, so dont know the order from the coil to cyl's
  3. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2009 Jonathan Tonk's yard. Posts: 4232 '85 Opel Manta '88 Manta GT/E '87 Rayleigh Roadi
    #3
    ive found the order its 1-3-4-2 so i connected from the distributor like this

    Cable one to plug 1
    Cable two to plug 4
    Cable three to plug 2
    Cable four to plug 3

    But when I pulled the leads off first I pulled them off using the lead not the head so have I damaged the internal wire of the lead?
  4. Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2004 Denny United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 666 Ford focus 2.0 Saxo VTS
    #4
    you can check put a spark plug in one, make sure the threaded bit is touching bare metal on the engine, get a mate to turn the car over. Best to pull the fuse for the fuel pump aswell. check all leads.
  5. Established Member Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 1346
    #5
    why did you take the HT leads off to paint the rocker cover?
  6. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2009 Jonathan Tonk's yard. Posts: 4232 '85 Opel Manta '88 Manta GT/E '87 Rayleigh Roadi
    #6
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by liam-o View Post
    why did you take the HT leads off to paint the rocker cover?
    Just easier to get at it thats all
  7. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2009 Jonathan Tonk's yard. Posts: 4232 '85 Opel Manta '88 Manta GT/E '87 Rayleigh Roadi
    #7
    Its sort of firing but then just dies.
  8. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Dec 2009 Uckfield, East Sussex Posts: 3362 Citroen saxo 1.4 furio
    #8
    So some are right and some are wrong. Just check them over and make sure they are in the right order. Does the coil have numbers on it or number 1 markings?
  9. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2009 Jonathan Tonk's yard. Posts: 4232 '85 Opel Manta '88 Manta GT/E '87 Rayleigh Roadi
    #9
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by adamskiTNR View Post
    So some are right and some are wrong. Just check them over and make sure they are in the right order. Does the coil have numbers on it or number 1 markings?
    Ye it does but no worries no mate ive fixed her, turns out when I took the cover off I unclipped the breather hose to get it off but then never put the clip back on so in otherwords the breather hose wasnt air tight on the rocker cover but after a while of scratching my head I realised it was.

    Clips off garden hoses FTW!!
  10. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Dec 2009 Uckfield, East Sussex Posts: 3362 Citroen saxo 1.4 furio
    #10
    That wouldn't effect the running of the engine one bit. Are you sure you didn't mean the vacuum pipe that goes between the manifold and fuel pressure regulator?
  11. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2009 Jonathan Tonk's yard. Posts: 4232 '85 Opel Manta '88 Manta GT/E '87 Rayleigh Roadi
    #11
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by adamskiTNR View Post
    That wouldn't effect the running of the engine one bit. Are you sure you didn't mean the vacuum pipe that goes between the manifold and fuel pressure regulator?
    errr its the pipe which goes from the top of the rocker cover to the air box thing.

    Look at this http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=187094

    Scroll down to the pictures of a read saxo with the bonnet open click to make it bigger then look at the rocker cover see the thickish pipe coming from the top of it into the air box the end which was attached to the rocker cover didnt have a clip on it so was letting air in.