Nismo280zEd Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 My buddy and I have been working on this 1991 Dodge Spirit for a friend of a friend. Basically refreshed the top end of the motor, all the seals, belts, etc. Well we couldn't get the motor to start... fiddled with it yesterday for 4 hrs, then again today. The crank pulley has two notches in it, one is highlighted white, so I assumed that was the timing mark for TDC. Bad assumption, so today i retime the dizzy for the other mark... bam we start to get the motor to run. Finally motor starts up, i'm checking timing to get it tweaked in, really rough stumbly etc. I see the timing mark finally with the light... then the motor stalls out, crank it up but no fire. All of the sudden it randomly lost spark? So we check the voltage at batter 12.5v 12.25 at the coil 8.9v while cranking at coil. The coil has been replaced brand new. I'm not a domestic guy, I know Nissan igntion and porsche. The motor is the V6 so it's actually a mitsubishi motor 6g72 i believe. complete EFI not TB injection. We have no spark off the high tension wire. I was thinking maybe dizzy pickups, but i'm not sure if those are replaceable on this dizzy. -Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nismo280zEd Posted May 4, 2007 Author Share Posted May 4, 2007 bump... We got the spark back but still not starting... we are checking fuel pressure tonight and to see if the injectors are opening or not. Please help me get rid of this car! -Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario_82_ZXT Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 The battery might be bad. (As shown by the low voltage under load). Try jumping it with some good cables. Batteries should be around +13v when in good shape. Mario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nismo280zEd Posted May 6, 2007 Author Share Posted May 6, 2007 we found the reason for not starting... one of the cylinders we compression checked didn't even read 10lbs. I'm gonna tear down the front again and make sure the belt didn't jump. This car is a huge piece of crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myplasticegg Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 www.turbododge.com There is an alright 3.0 section on those boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roninjiro Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 yea, i hate the 3.0 v6's in the chryslers. had a van with one in it. broke down 3 times, once because of the tranny. once you get it going sell it asap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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