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99 4 liter wont start after oil pump change

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Old 03-06-2015, 06:41 PM
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Default 99 4 liter wont start after oil pump change

I have a friend who can not get his engine to start after the oil pump was replaced. He pulled his distributor to prime the pump. Says everything is lined up exactly as when he took it off.
Has fuel, air and spark!
Any suggestions?
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Have him check to make sure the distributor isn't off? If the dist is too far off it won't start
I'd start there
Why did they replace the oil pump?
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I had a 4L distributor out once, and swore up and down that I had it indexed correctly. It wouldn't start. Guess what...it wasn't indexed correctly.
Sometimes it just takes more than one try.
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He had the cap on backwards (180 degrees off). DOH!
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Originally Posted by Dodge4me
He had the cap on backwards (180 degrees off). DOH!
Isn't the cap keyed?
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