Thought id update you on the situation. Today I had a mechanic round and we carried out lots of checks on the car. Number one was to see how far fuel was getting so we undid the inflow pipe to the fuel distributor and found there was fuel getting there at high pressure. Then we checked each injector outlet on the top of the fuel distributor in turn, only to find that none of them had any fuel coming out!
So... we took out the fuel distributor and dismantelled it only to find a large blockage of gunk inside it. After careful cleaning and putting back together we returned the part. However, concerned as to where the gunk was coming from we checked the fuel filter, which looked pretty new, but we changed it anyway. My guess is that on old filter wasnt working properly and that was the cause of the crap getting to the fuel dist. in the first place. Having replaced it we ran off a bottle of fuel from the inflow to the engine to check it was clean - which it was.
So, with the fuel dist cleaned out, we checked the injectors again - and found great fuel pressure on each one. Great news....except the engine still would not start. Each of the plugs was wet when removed, and on testing each plug a fat blue spark was found.
AAAArrrggghhh - help me please - - it has compression, fuel and spark
- so why wont it run!!!??
Anyhow, my mechanic rekons the car was flooded prettly badly and to leave the plugs out for 2-3 days to dry out the engine/cylinders/manifold, so im going to chek it again in a few days. Is that a fair suggestion??
Finally, is it possible that too much fuel is coming through and flooding the spark plugs before they have a chance to spark??
Any help greatly appreciated
tom