I just finished working on the engine and nothing no start. I took the distributor out again, had someone bump start the engine until i felt compression on my finger at cyl #1 then by hand moved the crank to align with notch on timing cover. The distributor has a dimple which i aligned with the line on the distributor shaft i inserted the distributor with rotor pointing towards cyl #1 as gear engaged it finished testing with rotor pointing to where the edge of the distributor has a bend.
Did i do it wrong? By the way fuel pressure while cranking falls to 42 psi and then as i let go of the key it shoots up to 60 and stays there.
Engine has not run after timing chain replacement. Iam in this hole
Because the van shut off on me without any warning. Being i had changed out the distributor for a different reason three months ago i never got to time the engine with the scan tool but it ran excellent except for slight pinging when going into overdrive.
Being the engine shut off on me i thought maybe the slight detonation killed the timing chain, stretched it out, because as far as I know the chain is original and the van has 220k.
Here is the biggest clue in everything that i think is crucial. When the van shut off and I went to restart it, it sounded like the ignition timing was off because it did the typical chevy engine start where it cranks then slows up then spins up…
Shouldnt it at least start? Ive taken off the distributor several times in the past and it always started and i timed it using a scan tool afterwards.