05 cavalier ls sport ecotech canks but wont start

Asked by Jimt84 Dec 10, 2018 at 06:47 PM about the 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier LS Coupe FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Hello my name is jim my wife has a 05 cavalier ls 2.2 she drove the car all day
yesterday with no issues came out this morning to start it and it just turns over
ut wont start i can hear the fuelfump prime and smell gas when im cranking it.
I pulled spark plugs and checked for spark and it has spark thought it might be
the starter spining but not engaging but crank turns with starter I dont have a
compression gauge my next step is to buy one  but was wondeing if anyone
had experienced this before

1 Answer

Jimt84 answered 6 years ago

After diagnosing it does have fuel to the rail it is getting spark and i can hear the injectors pulsing with screwdrive trick i put compression auge onit and no compression i determind the timing chain skipped some teeth now i know its an interfierence motor my questin now is do you think it bent valves eventhough it went bad on startup and never mad a binding noise at all just cranks like the plugs are pulled smooth

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