well i put everything together turned it over for the first time and it wouldnt start just kept blowing the air inlet pipe off the maf (that isnt securely fastened due to the size of the 2 litre maf) i've got spark and fuel but its just not even trying
one thing i did notice is the inlet manifold was getting warm and the exhaust manifold was cold. I havent yet fitted the downpipe and unburnt fuel was dripping out of the exhaust manifold. upon inspection of the spark plugs there was also unburnt fuel on them too
i had the cambelt changed by a mechanic whilst the engine was out and i think he may have done it wrong. my theory is its opening the inlet valve when its sparking causing it to fire into into the inlet manifold and opening the outlet valves on a downstroke causing unburnt fuel to pass through to the exhaust
if im right how far out of time would it be to cause this and could it damage any valves?
i called the mechanic that did the cambelt to see if he would come out to check the timing again but he just fobbed me off
