valve adjustment and fresh plugs, now won't start

jalal

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I got my 2013 back together after adjusting the valves and putting fresh plugs in. It will crank, but it won't start. It backfired a few times, and it ran once for about 1 second but then died. It sure seems like it is flooded, but I don't know anymore.

Everything went back together without any major issues, the only thing that I am not sure about is the order of the spark plug wires. The #1 cylinder leads are about the same length, and i am not 100% sure if they went the went back in the same place. If I understand this engine correctly, the order should not matter, as they both fire at the same time.

I pulled a plug from each cylinder and hit the start (removed the EFI fuse). It cranked good and released a strong fuel smell.
The plugs have spark for sure.

I ran the battery down, and I will let that charge before I do much more with it. What should I check for ?


thank you much!
 

jalal

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I got it to start, but it is really really rough, and it is back firing from the TBs. I am now convinced my timing is off.

I know that I have the cam marks correctly lined up with the K pointing to the notch on the the side of the case. What if I am off by a full 360 ?
 

Don in Lodi

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It is possible to plug your injector wires into your coils, same plugs, about the same reach.
 

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I am looking at this some more, and there is a yellow electrical tape around the connector that is supposed to go into the TB. I wish they would have used a different connector, or at the very least used a different color plug. No matter, I used some orange paint on the plug and the TB so I don't make the same mistake next time.

Many thanks to WJBertrand and Don in Lodi for showing me the way. I was gonna take it all apart again.
 

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