Car won't start.
 

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I don't understand the point of this.

sorry new to the site not sure

but i do have a big problem with my 240 it wont start. turns but doesnt start did plugs wires cap rotor and 1ST injector because it was missing any suggestions?

check battery, alt, fuses, starter.

Then go from there.

some background info would help. like when it turns over, does it turn over slower than normal or about the same? obviously after a few repeated attempts it will drain the battery, but what it did initially is what i'd like to know. also, was this something that just happen out of the blue, or have there been early warning signs of a possible problem?

any further information will help isolate, and hopefully remedy the problem.

Yes it would sometimes only run on three cylinders being the 1st wouldnt work. I replaced the fuel injector on the 1st cylinder and it seemed to fix it for about a week then was really hard to start ran about a block and shut off. I replaced plugs wires cap rotor fuel injector again and I get nothing. The car will turn and sounds fine just not start im confused. I thankyou in advance for any help!

Now i replaced the distributer timing should be real close great spark fuel is good still wont start am I missing a fuse? a bad ground? what? any help would be awesome

What about compression? Are you numbers even across all the cylinders? If you have spark, fuel, and compression, then it is timing, or a wiring issue.