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- Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:49 pm #177479 Not starting...but does try to turn over...ahead of time THANKS.

-checked for spark
-checked for fuel
-checked battery
-checked spark plug wires with ohm meter
-checked spark plugs a little dark but i cleaned them.dont have a lot of miles on them.
-main relay i believe clicks
-new fuel pump humms
-adjusted idle screw but made no difference

-havent checked compression
-havent checked timing
-havent checked the grounds

i wasnt getting fuel so i bought fuel pump and fuel filter, after installed i

turned the key to the on position for 3 seconds like 3 times after that i

tried to start and it began to sound like it was going to start but nothin, i

kept on doin it (was cranking hard) and it started...i let it run but after 10-15 mins it dead i

tried to start it again but it took a few times to do so but it died again.

i attempted to start it again then it began making Popping/Backfiring

Noises and no start again.

now what??? thanks again.

- Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:11 pm #177484 ok this sounds bad but are you sure your plug wires are correctly put on the dizzy ?? this happened to me and turned out i had the plugs in the wrong firing order.....

1980 volvo 242
2001 crv
not using punctuation or good sentence structure since day 1

- Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:21 pm #177488 yea pretty sure they're right i have the manual with the diagrams for the set up.

dont know if it matters but...

i drove around with a muffler that had a HOLE on it for a while but i took it off and after that i went to leave and No START.

just recently put a Transmission and Clutch in.

- Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:26 pm #177489 well unless you broke an O2 somehow ihighly doubt the muffler has anything to do with it....and if it ran fine before you did the trans/clutch then something you removed or may have hit may be causeing this to not function correctly......

(Any check engien lights if so what are they?)

1980 volvo 242
2001 crv
not using punctuation or good sentence structure since day 1

- Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:40 pm #177493 i'll have to check the O2 sensor...

prior to putting in the tranny and the clutch, it would randomly die for example i was driving down the hi-way goin like 60 then i put it in neutral and applied the brakes to stop 'cuz of upcoming stop light when i was stopped it died...

for the CEL i believe is not displaying,i checked out a thread on here showing how to diagnos the CEL from the ECU...CAN I DO THAT EVEN THOUGH MY CEL ISNT CONSTANTLY ON AFTER PUT ON THE "ON" POSITION???

- Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:43 pm #177494 yea you can do that your ecu may have stored a code that can help you diagnose the problem and just out of curiosity was your car ever a automatic? somethings just telling me to ask that because it could be something with how it was converted....

1980 volvo 242
2001 crv
not using punctuation or good sentence structure since day 1

- Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:54 pm #177497 alright i'll try that.

no to my knowledge its been a manual.

the guy i bought it from dropped a diff motor so its not the stock one.

everything has been good since i got it but then this happened.

Just to add some more info. if i remember correctly there has been a few times i've checked the spark plugs and there has been OIL on the threads and a little on the hook of it.

dont know if that can give us an idea of what might be the issue?

thanks for your help so far.