Hi all! I'm from the Philippines. Please help me with this cursed car. I have a Ford Lynx RS with an FSDE 2.0L engine (rebadged/facelifted MP5). Everything is basically the same except for tiny details on some parts of the car. When servicing the car, I refer to two service manuals: Mazda Protege and Mazda Premacy.
Car has been stuck in a garage for 2 years without running. Wiring harness from under the dashboard has been cut and stolen so I had to buy both emission harness and dash harness. To make this short, I installed the harnesses thinking it was plug and play. I turned the key and it cranks but it won't start. I've checked the fuses on the engine bay and under the dash and they all seem fine with perfect continuity. I even interchanged some fuse with the same values just to be sure. Main relay has been replaced even though the old one clicks when inserted. Fuel pump won't run even after jumping a wire from DLC so I had to buy a new assembly.
New fuel pump doesn't prime at ignition on but I can now hear it running after cranking the engine. Now there's fuel at the rail but I haven't checked the injectors as they were almost brand new. I don't have anyone to crank the engine while I'm checking for spark so I had to view it from inside the car. No spark, not even a single one but I'm only 90% sure as I have to see it from afar. Sparkplug at Cyl #3 is wet with the smell of gasoline. Timing belt slipped a few tooth so I had to redo the timing. Crankshaft sensor resistance reads unusually high at 1.2k ohms so I went back to the scrapyard and buy a replacement. It now reads 550-580 ohms. Camshaft sensor resistance is within manual specification but I still used my reserve just to be sure. Still won't start.
I'm about to abandon all hope. Obd scanner can communicate with the PCM and read live data but it says there are no DTCs except for the ABS at both rear wheels. I tried removing the immobilizer to see if the PCM with throw a DTC and it did.
One thing I noticed however, is that PCM main relay was off when I was checking all the live data. This might be the reason why PCM has shut down the engine. Upon cranking the car, IACV is at 100%. I'm not so sure about the MAF reading if it is within specification.
Car has been stuck in a garage for 2 years without running. Wiring harness from under the dashboard has been cut and stolen so I had to buy both emission harness and dash harness. To make this short, I installed the harnesses thinking it was plug and play. I turned the key and it cranks but it won't start. I've checked the fuses on the engine bay and under the dash and they all seem fine with perfect continuity. I even interchanged some fuse with the same values just to be sure. Main relay has been replaced even though the old one clicks when inserted. Fuel pump won't run even after jumping a wire from DLC so I had to buy a new assembly.
New fuel pump doesn't prime at ignition on but I can now hear it running after cranking the engine. Now there's fuel at the rail but I haven't checked the injectors as they were almost brand new. I don't have anyone to crank the engine while I'm checking for spark so I had to view it from inside the car. No spark, not even a single one but I'm only 90% sure as I have to see it from afar. Sparkplug at Cyl #3 is wet with the smell of gasoline. Timing belt slipped a few tooth so I had to redo the timing. Crankshaft sensor resistance reads unusually high at 1.2k ohms so I went back to the scrapyard and buy a replacement. It now reads 550-580 ohms. Camshaft sensor resistance is within manual specification but I still used my reserve just to be sure. Still won't start.
I'm about to abandon all hope. Obd scanner can communicate with the PCM and read live data but it says there are no DTCs except for the ABS at both rear wheels. I tried removing the immobilizer to see if the PCM with throw a DTC and it did.
One thing I noticed however, is that PCM main relay was off when I was checking all the live data. This might be the reason why PCM has shut down the engine. Upon cranking the car, IACV is at 100%. I'm not so sure about the MAF reading if it is within specification.
