Could be weak battery... but sounds like a classic broken timing belt. Can you see the cam turning through the oil fill hole?
Probably not, but simple to check for. Ken Bogart ----------------------------------------------------- 96 Montego Blue FFS Coldside (His) 97 Black & Tan (Hers) 90 Crystal White (sons) ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.miatacare.com http://www.cincimiata.com http://www.bcchallenger.org MiataMail.com list owner On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 4:23 AM, Bell, Richard (GE Energy Services) < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I wonder if anyone can shed some light on my issue as I'm getting > nowhere at the moment. Car is a late 2001 and was running fine before > sitting for a week. Battery wasn't great and went flat, however, I > managed to get it back to full charge. Car cranks fine but refuses to > fire. After cranking, I pulled a plug and it was completely dry and > there is no spark when cranking with the plug against the cam cover. > However, I do hear the fuel pump run for about 0.5 seconds after I stop > cranking. I have no CEL and no fault codes logged. There is no key > warning light on to suggest immobiliser issue. > > Can anyone suggest any possible causes? I'm going to borrow a crank and > cam sensor to see if they are causing issues as I read sometimes they > don't cause fault codes. But other than that, what else can I check? Can > someone point me in the right direction of some wiring diagrams for a > 2001? > > Thanks in advance, > Rich > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower >
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