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i have an 98 mazda and it will not start if i use starting ...
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i have an 98 mazda and it will not start if i use starting fluid it will try but noting an there is no spark

 

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1998 Mazda 626 lx 2.0

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cam & carankshaft senors coil park & pulley check timing

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June 27 2:38 PM (4 days and 20 hours later)
         
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June 27 5:44 PM (3 hours and 6 minutes and 27 seconds later)
         
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Hey Customer (name blocked for privacy) thanks for the question,

How many miles on the car? Is it a manual or an automatic transmission? How did the car not start, just died driving down the road? Would not start one day? Any work done recently before the car would not start?
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June 29 5:38 AM (1 day and 11 hours later)
         
Reply to William B's Post: i put an head on it and when i started it ran for about 4 minites i cut it off put it everthing back started up and it cut off. its an automatic.has 130000 miles
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June 29 4:27 PM (10 hours and 48 minutes and 46 seconds later)
         
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I assume the cylinder head was removed due to overheating or a leaking gasket, and that other than those type problems the car ran normal.


The fact that it started and ran for a few minutes makes me think things like the fuel pump and ignition should be ok.


I would first recheck the timing belt, easy for belt to be off a tooth, or jump a tooth for whatever reason, tensioner not set up right, spring fell of tensioner, something got under the belt, who knows, but I would at least double check it.

At least do a primary check, remove the number one spark plug, remove the valve cover to see the top engine cam timing marks, then using the crankshaft pulley and the timing mark you can get it to top dead center number one cylinder, and see if it is correct. If not or one cam is off then you will have to take it back apart to retime the cam and crank, if it is ok, then you can move onto other possible problems.


Assuming all the work we do is correct is nice, but in reality we always need to double check what we have done, just to eliminate that work as a possible problem.

Click ACCEPT if this helps, if not let me know, all bonuses and feedback appreciated.
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William B -- Auto Service Technician -- 100% Positive Feedback on 303 Car Accepts
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June 29 4:40 PM (13 minutes and 37 seconds later)
         
will that keep it from firing
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