Originally Posted by WonkoTheSane

Alright... Thanks for the background, that's really helpful (I just read the whole thread).

So at this point, have you drained your radiator, or at least topped it off? If you only filled up the reservoir, you may want to pop the cap off of the radiator itself, and top that off, too. To answer your question about the radiator drain, it's a phillips-head plug on the bottom of the radiator. As long as the coolant is topped off, don't worry about it too much until you get it idling.

Make sure you keep your oil topped off, too, while you troubleshoot.

My initial take on it now would be to top off the fluids, pop start it, and try to let it warm up to about 1/4 up the temp gauge. After that, see if you can get it idling, or at least starting up under its' own power (Without being pulled). Hopefully it will idle, but it if it is, it will probably be idling crappy at this point, so the first thing to start checking for is vacuum leaks. The easiest way to find these is to spray starter fluid around all of the vacuum lines + intake system. If the idle picks up at all while you're doing this, it means the car sucked in starter fluid, and there's a vacuum leak. It may be really obvious, too.. If you can get a friend to try to keep the RPMS around 1000-1500, listen all around the engine for hissing, that means it's a big vacuum leak

Originally Posted by junito1

So the car is on correct timing now?

My experience with the car cranking but not starting.


In what condition is the water temp sensor behind the waterpump neck.
I broke water sensor clip once and didnt think much of it. The car would crank but never start.
I changed that darn sensor and WALA! she started like there was never a problem.

Temp sensor helps wirth the cold starts. COuld this be it?

Originally Posted by WonkoTheSane

Right on... It's frustrating to work on a car this way, I've been there..