Help!! Car Wont Start After Clutch Swap (25$ reward for solution!!)

[samisons]

clutch switch not plugged in. Nvm, seems like the clutch is connected. lol

[bren5279]

Ozzman, dont you have to pull lift the engine up like 4 inches to pull the plugs?

samisons- that would explain it if it would not turn over at all

[Ozzman]

You're supposed to but you can probably snake the coil out without raising the engine, use some random spark plug you have laying around to check for spark.

[Thorpedo]

Originally Posted by bren5279

No but there also aren't any codes being thrown…

Going to do that, but wouldn't that cause that to not turn over at all?

Awesome, dealership is closed. Upping it to 50$

No, and no. There might be codes in the ecu that aren't giving a check engine light. Also if it's not picking up the disk, it will still turn over.

[projek_01]

are the starter teeth actually lining up with the flywheel? Have you confirmed that the starter is actually turning the engine over and not just spinning freely?

[bren5279]

Yep, Im quite familiar with cars, I know what the sound of an engaged starter and one that the solenoid doesn't kick it out and it turning over.

Its easier to pop the trans off than the plugs at the rate I'm going so Im going to pop the trans back out and check to see what the deal is. Ill post up after

[zkv476]

Are you tuned on anything? If you have an Ecutek cable or OFT check for injection time and see if it's actually injecting and adding fuel. I actually did my clutch just 2 weeks ago myself, trying to remember anything.

You said the exhaust doesn't smell, but if it was injecting fuel as it should and not firing up you SHOULD smell it.

[foompla]

Crack the throttle while cranking. The ecu forgot how to idle or the spark plugs are wet.

[bren5279]

No tune, bone stock (for now)
It doesn't even cough or attempt to start, so something isn't right, not the idle.

Gona drop the trans

[AdrianG]

Sometimes after pulling the battery it has to crank for a solid 6 seconds or more before it fires. It seems silly to me but have you tried just letting it crank for a long time?

- AdrianG

[foompla]

Originally Posted by bren5279

No tune, bone stock (for now)
It doesn't even cough or attempt to start, so something isn't right, not the idle.

Gona drop the trans

crank it for 20-30 seconds with the accel pedal about halfway down. There's an SB because the ecu forgets to reset the default throttle position for idle.

[v12]

Does rpm show when engine cranking on instrument cluster?

And how about checking spark sparking?

Maybe some male pin bend on some kind connector?

Sory for bead grammar

[BRZnut]

Have no first hand knowedge of this issue but did an web search and several post from several car brands with a similar problem. Solutions were--> car was flooded, flywheel not lined up or backwards, sensors not re-connected or damaged during the install, something about a plunger not re-installed correctly and not going far enough, and grounds not reconnected or poor. Hope you figure it out...I am sure it is frustrating as hell!

[Thorpedo]

Originally Posted by foompla

crank it for 20-30 seconds with the accel pedal about halfway down. There's an SB because the ecu forgets to reset the default throttle position for idle.

No. Don't crank it for 30 seconds. I don't care if the "ecu forgets", it will still cough or stumble. Regardless of what the "default throttle" position is it will still try to start.

This isn't a carbed car, you absolutely don't have to crank it that long. - I'm willing to bet the crank sensor is not picking up the reluctor for some reason.