MiataWave99

hey guys i need some help i did my head gasket on my miata 1.6l i put everything back n i went to start the car n is not startin i have fuel ,spark timing on rite car is juss not startin now ...if any can help me out


thank you..

flounder

double check timing, or take a pic of the cam sprockets for me.

MiataWave99

ok thankx ill do that ...

curly

iTrader: (25)

Most likely timing, although as a last ditch effort switch plug wires 1&4 and 2&3, easier than pulling the valve cover.

Joe Perez

iTrader: (8)

Sounds like a case of E=I and I=E perhaps? The photograph should be taken from the front, so we can see the cam gears and the plate behind them. Rotate the crank to #1 TDC before you take the picture.

Though I can't imagine how you'd get the ignition timing to be dead-on in that scenario...

MiataWave99

here are the pix guy hope there good

MD323

your cams are not correct.

the left one should be I and the right one should be E both point as straight up as possible.

Joe Perez

iTrader: (8)

Yeah, if that was taken at #1 TDC, then the cams are way off.

Here's what you want:

MiataWave99

thank you guys for the help i have them way off ....

MiataWave99

hey guys cuz i had them off will it had messed anything up cuz i wus tryin to start it? like the valves?

Techsalvager

no

hustler

iTrader: (6)

What's the minus of thirty and twenty?

MD323

the BP/B6 motors is not an interference motor, random non mazda people love to state otherwise but your fine.

Joe Perez

iTrader: (8)

No, it not will had messed up anything.

miatauser884

iTrader: (11)

If this image isn't in "useful saved posts", then it should. Along with the number of timing belt teeth between the sprockets.

curly

iTrader: (25)

The more important one is the cam lobe direction at TDC. I've always been fine doing the timing belt unless I've taken the sprockets off. Why Mazda made it so you could put it on wrong is beyond me.

miatauser884

iTrader: (11)

I thought there is a notch on the cam that should be pointing at 12 when at . Then place sprockets accotdingly. Seemed to work for me.

Joe Perez

iTrader: (8)

The short answer is that before you start the job, you need to have the engine at #1 TDC, and then just don't rotate anything once you've begun. On interference engines, this rule is absolute.

curly

iTrader: (25)

We use these little Star Trek communicators called Voceras at work. The moron (read: geek) that designed them decided to make a charger that would fit the unit forwards or backwards, although it'll only charge when facing forward. Same with the battery, except not only can it fit backwards, but it can fit upside down as well.

Another example of idiocy.

MD323

they are designed that way so they only need to tool for one pulley, they fit either side.