OK, I'm at my wits end with this and need HELP. Just finished a valve cover gasket job and now have a crank no start situation.
First, the big screwup:
Despite many warnings from
@
mtbtim
and others, I broke off a piece of the plastic "wire protector" and dropped it down into my engine on the drivers side. It was about 3/4 inch square. I even removed a cam shaft to try and get it out, but it was GONE down into the large cavity at the front of the drivers side that I really hope leads to the exhaust and will just shoot the plastic through until it causes problems with the cat down the road. That's my best case scenario with that. Ugh.
Now the mystery:
There is a lonely brass bolt that screws into the rear drivers side corner of the lower plenum. It looks like it should have a ground electrical connection to it, but after putting everything back together I see nothing in that area to put there. I took pics before starting the job, but that area in the pic is completely dark. What the heck should be connected there?
I really hope there's some connection here that I missed that would cause a crank no start. I'll post a couple pictures of the lonely bolt once I figure out how to post pictures..
It cranks completely normally, but just doesn't fire up. There is (maybe) a faint smell of gas after cranking it a bit, but I cannot for the life of me find a fuel connection that I missed.
Not sure it matters, but I discovered a coolant leak out of the lower intake manifold gasket, so replaced that while I was in there. Also replace the knock sensor harness. All OEM parts for the whole job.
Any insights? Am I completely screwed with the piece of plastic in there, even if it does fire up? Did I miss an electrical connection that is causing the crank no start? Any help would be much appreciated.