1998 v70 awd will crank has spark and fuel but will not start.

Dingo957 · Post by **Dingo957** » 02 Mar 2017, 20:51

So a couple of days ago a piece of my inner fender well decided to eat away at my serpentine belt and frayed it when this happened the engine stopped running and i replaced the belt but now the car will not start. i have made sure it has spark and gas the engine cranks but it wont fire. Any suggestions on what it could be?

Post by **tryingbe** » 02 Mar 2017, 22:11

Does it have compression?

Dingo957 · Post by **Dingo957** » 02 Mar 2017, 22:18

i do not have a compression tester

Post by **theWIFES_S70** » 02 Mar 2017, 22:38

Did anything happen to your timing belt? Did you remove the outer timing belt cover to see if everything's alright in there?

Is the crank really weak/weird? There are a lot of videos on Youtube of cranks on cars with no compression. Here's one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM8MpPjudEM If it sounds like that, you might be looking at head work...

Dingo957 · Post by **Dingo957** » 02 Mar 2017, 22:40

kind of sounds like that i just had the head replaced as well as gaskets done

Dingo957 · Post by **Dingo957** » 02 Mar 2017, 22:54

so from what i am getting at i must be making no compression becasue the timing belt must have skipped a tooth i will check in the morning

Post by **theWIFES_S70** » 02 Mar 2017, 22:57

Try to manually crank the engine over. That'll give you some idea of what's going on. With plugs in, the engine should crank over, and it should be stiff and firm. If it's too easy, or if it won't budge at all, you've got some mechanical damage in there. It could be the timing. Take off the outer timing belt cover and give it a good look. Good luck troubleshooting.

Post by **erikv11** » 03 Mar 2017, 07:54

Dingo957 wrote:So a couple of days ago a piece of my inner fender well decided to eat away at my serpentine belt and frayed it when this happened the engine stopped running and i replaced the belt but now the car will not start. i have made sure it has spark and gas the engine cranks but it wont fire. Any suggestions on what it could be?

Were you deriving the car when this happened, or was it just sitting in the driveway and happened at startup? Especially if the timing path looks OK, try putting one teaspoon of oil in each cylinder, to restore compression. You will have to crank it a long time.

I hope the timing path is OK.

Dingo957 · Post by **Dingo957** » 03 Mar 2017, 08:55

i was driving the belt started to shred and the auto shut off killed the engine i am having a look at the timing soon to make sure its all good

Dingo957 · Post by **Dingo957** » 03 Mar 2017, 09:41

so the timing is off quite a bit cant get and exact number but about 3-4 teeth
i am going to try and realign the timing and reinstall the belt and see if she will turn over