iv got spark to my plugs but no go :(

[walkz]

can anyone help me iv got spark goin to my plugs but yet when the engine turns over it does not even try to start it jus occasionally back fires yet if the distributer cap is removed the engine will start but only run on manybe one or to cylinders can anyone help please walkz

[Zukipilot]

Make sure the distributor is not 180degrees out of sync

[srcars]

if the distributer cap is removed the engine will start but only run on manybe one or to cylinders

How does that work then ??????


I deffo sound like a timing issue. Have you moved the distributer ?

[Kirkynut]

Sounds like a timing issue to me or possibly a weak spark. If you've not touched the distributor at all though, the timing should not have put it's self out unless the distributor bolt has come loose.

If you have a spark but it won't start, do you have fuel getting through. Are the plugs wet when you've turned it over with them in and then whip one out?

Have you taken the fuel line that runs from the pump to the carb off and had someone else turn it over to check the pump is supplying the carb?

Is the choke working properly? It's cold now and needs to work properly, make sure the cable's not snapped or something simple like that. Do you have an automatic choke? They are problematic.

Lots to check. Let us know what you have checked and we'll all try to sort it out by process of elimination.

Kirky

[walkz]

thanks everyone for your input once i have had another go i will post again thankyou very much to all again. ''walkz''

[liljitjit]

sounds to me like its a simple case of leads mixed up ! had a similiar trouble a few years ago with a mates mini we tried all sorts cos we were sure the leads were on in right order turned out another mini club member had swapped them during a late night prank (wot a tW<T) 3 weeks it took us till he told us what hed done! That would be my first guess.

Rich