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mrmill318
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Jul 19, 2010, 5:35 AM

Post #1 of 6 (4424 views)
1999 nissan sentra wont start Sign In

im working on a 1999 nissan sentra with a 1.6 4 cylinder. automatic transmission. car has about 200,000 miles. my sister was driving the car, stopped at a stop sign, hit the gas and the car wouldnt go. she then killed the car and now it wont start back up. i put a guage in the fuel line and came up with about 60 psi of fuel pressure. i pulled each plug and ran a compression test, and came up with about 70 psi per cylinder. i unbolted the fuel rail and all injectors are spraying. all plugs had a blue arc when checked outside the cylinder. put a timing light on it to make sure the car was firing with the plugs in the hole and the light worked so they are. code reader pulled no codes. i am stumped. help please


Hammer Time
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Jul 19, 2010, 5:39 AM

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Re: 1999 nissan sentra wont start Sign In

Those compressions readings are too low. It would also be very unusual for all of them to read the same like that. You may have a timing chain problem with that kind of mileage but I'd double check those compression readings.



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mrmill318
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Jul 19, 2010, 5:50 AM

Post #3 of 6 (4415 views)
Re: 1999 nissan sentra wont start Sign In

i will double check them. i was told that they should be between 60 and 80 as well as be consistant. the actual readings were 70, 70, 69, and 72. is this info not correct?


Hammer Time
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Jul 19, 2010, 6:23 AM

Post #4 of 6 (4410 views)
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I don't know where you got that info but it's totally wrong Normal is close to 200 for that engine and minimum is supposed to be 170

Here are the factory specs


    • Always use a fully-charged battery to obtain specified engine speed. Compression pressure: kPa (kg/cm, psi)/rpm
Standard: 1,373 (14.0, 199)/350
Minimum: 1,177 (12.0, 171)/350
Maximum Difference limit between cylinders: 98 (1.0, 14)/350



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mrmill318
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Jul 19, 2010, 6:29 AM

Post #5 of 6 (4407 views)
Re: 1999 nissan sentra wont start Sign In

so if the compression is too low, would that mean a timing chain problem? i thought that if the chain was broke it wouldnt have any compression.


Sidom
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Jul 19, 2010, 7:27 PM

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Broken.....yes

Jumped a tooth or stretched.....no


(This post was edited by Sidom on Jul 19, 2010, 7:27 PM)






 
 
 






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