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Default OT '96 Saturn DOHC won't start

On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 21:14:46 -0800, Larry Jaques
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On 5 Feb 2014 04:32:25 GMT, "DoN. Nichols"
wrote:

On 2014-02-04, Doug Miller wrote:
"DoN. Nichols" wrote in
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Doesn't the fuel rail need to be purged after disconnecting it?

Factory service manual says:

Prime fuel system:
a. cycle ignition on for 5 seconds and then off for 10 seconds.
b. repeat step a twice.
c. crank engine until it starts (maximum cranking time 20 seconds)
d. if engine does not start, repeat steps a-c.

Did that. Still doesn't start.

I think that there may be a Schrader valve (like tire filling valves)
for the purpose. If you have air trapped in the fail, the injectors
aren't going to work.

Yes, it has a Shrader valve. There's pressure in the rail, and when I open the valve, fuel
comes out, not air.


O.K. Then it is purged. Is it possible that the replacement
fuel injector is bad?


DoN, why would all 4 plugs get fouled if only one injector was bad?

A badly flooded cyl can flood the rest of the engine too. Has the OP
checked his oil level on the dipstick? If the injector(s) is (are)
stuck open he will be "making oil".

My suspicion is he grounded his injectors by pinching a wire. I've
seen it happen more than once. (never done it myself, but have had to
fix a few))