Just put in a used engine in my 2.5L Forester. Cranked it over, no start. Engine sounds good turning over, good battery. Check for fuel at delivery line-yes fuel. Check for spark, - no spark at spark plug. Swap over crank sensor from old engine to installed engine.- Still no spark. Renewed ignition coil- still no spark. Going to swap over cam sensors tomorrow - will report back. - Steve Pulled timming belt covers off - crank sprocket is different - it has 6 tabs. Valve timming is right on. See photos
Steve,
The gear still may be it. I've not seen one with three tabs but if the other engine has two or four tabs, I can see where you would get no spark. A 2 tab would spark a 4 tab system twice at 90 degrees and 180 but not at 270 degrees or 360. Thus only two spark plugs fire. But with a three tab gear in a 2 or 4 tab system they would never be positioned right to fire the coil.
HTH
Dave
Testimonial: "What I mean by three tabs is one is twice the width of the other tab, which is really 2 tabs. Going to pull cover and have a look. I suspect there is a poor connection at the main harness - when I had the intake off. Steve"
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Good tips there, thanks. But this ignition system is different, no igniter on 2005 Subaru Forester.
Still no start, no spark.
Swapped out cam sensor - ohms tested both
1950 ohms, crank sensor 1950 ohms. Checked grounds with test light- all good.
Disconnected remote start.
Going to check coil reading with meter next.
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