Why wont my car start?

Asked by Guru9D2RGY Nov 15, 2020 at 04:37 PM about the 1997 Subaru Legacy L Sedan AWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Car ran before I replaced a bunch of things including spark
plugs that are gaped right, the coil pack, the wires, radiator,
radiator cap, head gaskets, gasket for intake, seal for
antifreeze crossover, new belts, all fuses, and battery. I
have a multimeter and it has spark all the way through but
won't start, cranks and all I smell gas but nothing is
leaking?? Very lost on this it's got a full tank of gas all
fluids are full... others say it's still spark.

9 Answers

3,330

Did it possibly get flooded with fuel? Hold foot to floor while cranking, it will shut off injectors and allow more air into the intake. (If flooded, once it tries to kick over, let off key then release gas pedal, hit key again without using gas pedal)

Thanks but that didn't work it's gotta be something simple but out of sight out of mind right

3,330

You said you replaced the head gasket....did you happen to miss plugging in the sensor on the air boot from air filter to intake?

3,330

Idle air control valve, it helps to determine how much much gas to add to the amount of air coming in to keep the right fuel/air mixture

48,660

Check the cam and crank sensors too. If starts and has very poor power indeed check cam timing as the t-belt may have been installed one tooth off! A dirty throttle or bad ACV usually doesn't prevent at least SOME amount of rough starting. Same with MAF sensor on intake plenum....

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