I finally got the car firing up. It turned out to be "the lawn mower syndrome". I have come across this before but always got it started again by flatten the pedal to the floor while cranking until it starts. This time I had to fill in a couple of tea spoons of oil in the cylinders to get ...

Yes, as I posted in the first post it sparks on all five cylinders. And later I posted that I discovered it sparks 60-70 degrees before zero. I tried the start fluid straight into the cylinders and the enginge coffed a bit once the plugs where back, but with that advance timing ignition I guess not ...

That's what the work shop told me 1,5 years ago when the same error accurred. Could you tell me what the right way is, given that I have +12V on pin 2 in the cam shaft sensors connector? (as in the video I linked to).

Did a first quick test like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3aHfMGhGZE and found that I had 12V on pin 2, so I suspected the ECU/Cam sensor/cables between the two. Measured the cam sensor with an oscilloscope while cranking and saw the square wave so the sensor seems to work. Measured the cab...

Thanx rspi, I already had worked out that the ignition timing is wrong. I had problems starting the car a year and a half ago and had the same symptoms with the timing. A car work shop then told me it was impossible with this car (timing controlled by the ECU), so I believed them and finally got it ...

I found another fuel pressure gauge and it´s something like 2,5-2,7 bars at the fuel rail. The main grey relay by the fan clicks when I disconnect it and the idle valve stop buzzing, so I guess the relay is in order. i follow up the clue with the advance timing been 63,5 degrees and tested with a st...

What if the hydraulic lifters are not opening?

I will look into the relay and the FPR. I have tested the injectors by disconnecting the electrical connector and plugged in a diod while cranking. The diod blinks. I'm not sure of how much start fluid to spray, so that might also be why. I removed the idle valve hose on the inlet as well as removed...

Tried the start fluid without success. It didn´t fire up. I measures cylinder compression and the result with a cold enginge was 6.5, 5.5, 6.5, 7.5 and 7.5 bar (sorry guys for metric units) for cylinder 1 to 5. According to service handbook it shouldn't differ more than 2 bar between cylinders, so I...

I'll try the starting fluid tomorrow. The engine cranks at normal speed when the battery is charged. I also tried with jump leads from another car so I had all the battery capacity needed. The top row of dash lights (plus "broken light" light in bottom left corner) blinks at a pace that do...