Inthemudbud
NAXJA Member #1262
- Location
- Mebane, NC
Hey Guys,
Been a long time since I poted last....
Working on my '88 XJ with 4.0, Auto... when it was cold, I sprayed the engine with de-greaser, and washed it off 5 minutes later..... mostly concentrating on the block and valve cover area...but other areas got wet as well. It sat for 3-4 hours in the sun before I tackled the cleaning of the Trottle Body... I took the air intake hose off and sprayed carb cleaner into the TB and used a tooth brush to clean the black gunk off the flap and bore area.... .also sprayed down in the opening for the idle speed motor.... cleaned all around outside of TB as well...... Went to start it up and the engine turns over but no start. I checked and had spark on at least the 2 spark plugs I checked.... I disassembled the fuel rail, put on new o-rings while there...cleaned injector (didn't look too bad)...reinstalled, cleaned electrical connectors for the injectors..... still nothing..
The engine turns over but doesn't start.... smells like fuel vapor after trying to crank for 20 seconds.... Please, any help would be great!! Got a trip coming up Friday...
Been a long time since I poted last....
Working on my '88 XJ with 4.0, Auto... when it was cold, I sprayed the engine with de-greaser, and washed it off 5 minutes later..... mostly concentrating on the block and valve cover area...but other areas got wet as well. It sat for 3-4 hours in the sun before I tackled the cleaning of the Trottle Body... I took the air intake hose off and sprayed carb cleaner into the TB and used a tooth brush to clean the black gunk off the flap and bore area.... .also sprayed down in the opening for the idle speed motor.... cleaned all around outside of TB as well...... Went to start it up and the engine turns over but no start. I checked and had spark on at least the 2 spark plugs I checked.... I disassembled the fuel rail, put on new o-rings while there...cleaned injector (didn't look too bad)...reinstalled, cleaned electrical connectors for the injectors..... still nothing..
The engine turns over but doesn't start.... smells like fuel vapor after trying to crank for 20 seconds.... Please, any help would be great!! Got a trip coming up Friday...