timing problem

i took the head out to fix the head gasket and get the car running in the meantime am working with the 13b swap , but i cant get the car to start now , i put everything back and i get some explosions coming out the intake , and it wont start , i guess is the timing i change the timing belt too and i mark the timing marks and and also the ignition is on the mark , can some one help me out , also i need the corret firering order

thanks

if its poping and farting from the inlet, the plugs are igniting in incorrect order. happeded to me n a mate with his 20v sprinter, it was backfiring out the quad throttle bodies. All it was were the leads were in the incorrect order, it is what happens then its 3am and you're tired. From memory, but dont quote me on it, the firing order is 1-3-4-2, thats the mjority of 4 clyinder cars. Also, check your valve timing is correct by alighning the marks, and that your ingition timing it set to 2 degrees BTDC (stock timing, but once going, advance it to 8deg with vacume hose disconnected). If this dont help, someone one here will figure it out

catch ya

when you put in the new headgasket, do you take out the distributor? if so, when you put the distributor back, make sure that it is in the same position as when it came out. this would cause the car so act like you described.

Yah check the wires, then put the engine to TDC, and check the timing...99% chance it is one of those two...

today i been working all day with the car , i double check everything , timing mark with the engine on tcd , the distributor is on the mark too and the cables are in the corect order , still the car dosent start , it did almost but it was a false alarm and is poping out the intake like its not on the right timing i been 4 days working with this , i needed the car for monday , i spen all day trying untill the batery went dead

what about grounds for the ignition and coils and a all that?

Are the cables in the correct order via the disty markings, or via the drawings.... Some aftermarket disty covers can be installed 180 degrees off, and some also have bad markings.

Ron

by the order on the cap

gona recycle this post , i got the car to start but now when i hit the gas a bit more than normal , the car go down and if i try to keep it alive with the gas it start sounding like a rotay till it goes down and i have to wait like an hour to turn it on , cuzz it wont start right after hehe , i guess my timing is ok but i dont know much about S12s , some tould me about the air lines that control the ignition , i but them back guessing , because i dint took them off now the guy is at the hospital so i put the engine back thogether and it not running like it suppose

my old 86 had that problem.... never figured out what it was but i suspected it skipped time on me....

what u mean by skipped time

i think that is what it is, when i fixed the car, i forgot to put the dizzy back in the same spot, now it runs fine, but like when i try to like "race" my engine, (drive it hard) it kinda hits a flat spot, and like 1st gear is at like 5gs and 2nd is at like 4.5gs and third is at 4gs etc etc, it is like it wont go any further/ faster!!! it runs fine till it hits that one point then it feels like it just stops accelerateing. any suggestions?

rs200sx

Sounds like it could be the crank angle sensor in the distributor. You may want to get it checked and hope its something else, there not cheap. May be able to find one at a junk yard and hope its good.

Edit: Sorry ignore that post. I didn't read the last post, its posible the intake coil isn't firing. Sounds like your hitting that 4000 rpm wall where the exhaust side cuts out at. I would check the primary coil and make sure its firing.

Well i fixed my timing problem, it simply was out of timing.
so i runs good now except for the light gentle surge.

rs200sx

Well i fixed my timing problem, it simply was out of timing.
so i runs good now except for the light gentle surge.

rs200sx
Surge could be O2, or a slightly fouled plug, or a vacuum line...

wooohoo my car is running now thanx u guys