can anyone help prob with 2.3 ford ohc 4 cylinder

[burney]

i have a bayliner with a ford 2.3 ohc 4 cylinder 1989 inboard i was out on her 2 days ago nothing at all wrong then flushed her went to go out today and she just keeps on turnning but not fireing. added new plugs (lots of spark there) took distibuter cap off nice and dry and not warn also got spark underneath rotor plz help got my head in bits

 

[Bondo]

Re: can anyone help prob with 2.3 ford ohc 4 cylinder

It Sounds like she's Not getting Fuel......

 

[burney]

Re: can anyone help prob with 2.3 ford ohc 4 cylinder

the two jets of fule are going into the carb fine mate

 

[I/O WALDO]

Re: can anyone help prob with 2.3 ford ohc 4 cylinder

Got fuel,got fire,got compression? Timing belt??(Fhord Pinto motor?)

 

[Bondo]

Re: can anyone help prob with 2.3 ford ohc 4 cylinder

Well,........ I've Never even lain Eyes on Your particular Motor,.....

But,.... That motor, or Any Other Motor needs Fuel, Fire,+ Compression, At the Right Time to Run..........

You said your getting Plenty of Fire.......
Now you're saying it's getting Plenty of Fuel........
I Doubt it Suddenly Lost Compression,...... But I Guess it's Possible........
And,.....
Timing hasn't been Mentioned.......

Anyways,...... You're Missing 1 of the 4 Things I mention,.......
It's up to You to figure out Which 1 is Missing.........

 

[burney]

Re: can anyone help prob with 2.3 ford ohc 4 cylinder

u think the timing belt has slipped would this cause it not to fire and is it easy to fix?

 

[bjcsc]

Re: can anyone help prob with 2.3 ford ohc 4 cylinder

I thought you have plenty of fire? The timing won't cause it to not fire, it will make it fire at the wrong time and not run. Which is it, fire or no fire?

 

[I/O WALDO]

Re: can anyone help prob with 2.3 ford ohc 4 cylinder

Is your distributor in the block or on the end of the cam? (also,Izzit flooded??)

 

[burney]

Re: can anyone help prob with 2.3 ford ohc 4 cylinder

would the broken condenser give me this prob

 

[burney]

Re: can anyone help prob with 2.3 ford ohc 4 cylinder

I thought you have plenty of fire? The timing won't cause it to not fire, it will make it fire at the wrong time and not run. Which is it, fire or no fire?

it turns and sparks but no fire

 

[burney]

Re: can anyone help prob with 2.3 ford ohc 4 cylinder

end of cam dry as a bone

 

[I/O WALDO]

Re: can anyone help prob with 2.3 ford ohc 4 cylinder

"it turns and sparks but no fire." ???????????????????????????

 

[burney]

Re: can anyone help prob with 2.3 ford ohc 4 cylinder

i have spark at plugs and checked fireing times i have this correct

 

[I/O WALDO]

Re: can anyone help prob with 2.3 ford ohc 4 cylinder

Where is your distributor??( End of cam ,Dry as a bone?)If it (dist)turns, & you have hot, timed spark,clean-dry fuel,even compression,it must be either flooded or running!

 

[bjcsc]

Re: can anyone help prob with 2.3 ford ohc 4 cylinder

I am going to assume that you mean run when you say fire. I/O Waldo could be onto something...if you can see two jets of fuel going into your carb while cranking it, it's flooding. You may have some trash hanging up a float needle. What does the floor of your intake look like? Look through your carb with with your choke held open. Are your spark plugs wet with fuel?

 

[burney]

Re: can anyone help prob with 2.3 ford ohc 4 cylinder

intake floor looks fine, spark plugs do smell of fuel when i removed them but they are not dripping with fule

 

[burney]

Re: can anyone help prob with 2.3 ford ohc 4 cylinder

the two jets of fuel only go into the carb when i give it some throtle when trying to turn it over

 

[burney]

Re: can anyone help prob with 2.3 ford ohc 4 cylinder

could anyone tell me could this be a points problem, meaning plugs are sparking at the wrong time

 

[Bondo]

Re: can anyone help prob with 2.3 ford ohc 4 cylinder

could anyone tell me could this be a points problem, meaning plugs are sparking at the wrong time

Not Sparking At All would be a Points Problem.....

At the Wrong Time would be a Timing Problem......

 

[burney]

Re: can anyone help prob with 2.3 ford ohc 4 cylinder

do u think it is a timing problem if the timing sliped would it just not start when i had her out sitting in neutral on the water she would stall somtimes do u think that it was out then it has sliped so much that she wont start