ea fairmont trouble shooting

[jonno 101]

i have a ea fairmont ghia with mpfi 3.9 i just bought it been sitting in a yard for 4 mounths with a blown head gasket now i can't start it it turns over but dosn't start i have eliminated the spark and the fuel is coming to the injection rail ok hope some one can help im wrapping my brain round this thanks

[Godzilla]

You need 3 things to start, spark, fuel and compression.

Even though you will be losing some compression it should still start if your sure fuel is coming out of the injectors and a good spark is there.

Im guessing the spark plugs from the blown cylinders may be rusted up if water got to them and it sat for a long time.

[Dansedgli]

Just because you have fuel in the rail doesnt mean the fuel pump is ok. It might not be able to pump the required pressure to get the car started. I went through the same problem a month or so ago.

Had fuel in the rail so replaced everything else first and it was the pump that was the problem. : /

[lawler]

fuel might have gone off as well

[komprezzor]

Take the air filter out and squirt some carby cleaner down the intake pipe while someone cranks it for you. If it fires from that, fuel is whats missing.

[jonno 101]

hey thanks for the replies i found out whats wrong i took the rocker cover off and found a broken rocker arm inlet #4 and to top that the head gasket was denigrated and the head is warped so time for a new engine thank any guys