182 won't start but cranks!

[Jack20]

Afternoon

I'm new to the page as I have an issue with my 182 (no shock there)
I was driving casually, at a steady speed on a dual carriageway last week and all of a sudden it cut out, now the car won't restart, it cranks over okay, I have spark and fuel but still nothing, there are no errors/fault codes when I plugged in a snap on tester....
Does anyone have/or has heard of this issue?
Thanks

 

[JamesBryan]

Belts haven't snapped have they?

 

[Jack20]

Belts haven't snapped have they?

I took the oil filler cap off and could see the top end turning fine so I hope not

 

[STEVE.M]

Came across a 1.2 that would not crank more 3 revolutions and then stopped cranking,without firing.
Low tension lead to alternator was disconnected,pushed back on and away you go.
Could be similar set up on 182.

 

[Jack20]

Came across a 1.2 that would not crank more 3 revolutions and then stopped cranking,without firing.
Low tension lead to alternator was disconnected,pushed back on and away you go.
Could be similar set up on 182.

I will have a look and see what happens, I can only think it's something electrical for it to just cut out like it did

 

[Impuzzable]

belts?

 

[STEVE.M]

belts?

took the oil filler cap off and could see the top end turning fine so I hope not

 

[Phil_ip]

Crack position sensor?

 

[Jack20]

Crack position sensor?

When I plugged in the tester I could see in parameters the engine rotation speed when I cranked so I don't think it's that, and I'm sure it would have stored an error?

 

[bloke]

how do you know you have fuel and spark? how quick or slow does it crank? when were belts last done?

 

[Jack20]

how do you know you have fuel and spark? how quick or slow does it crank? when were belts last done?

I've tested the coil pack by earthing a plug to the block, sparking fine, and I've used the snap on tester to actuate to fuel pump relay, passed okay and there is fuel in the rail, I disconnected the quick release connector after actuating the relay and fuel spat out, belts were done just over 2 years ago

 

[bloke]

injectors pulsing? fuel in the rail doesn't mean much really. pump primes when ignition is switched on.

 

[Jack20]

injectors pulsing? fuel in the rail doesn't mean much really. pump primes when ignition is switched on.

I was just ruling out the relay and pump, I have a noid tester to check that the injectors are being told to inject, I will try that next week, hopefully that will show something abnormal

 

[bloke]

what does imobiliser light do? does it crank as normal or faster?

 

[STEVE.M]

took the oil filler cap off and could see the top end turning fine so I hope not

The fact that you can see the exhaust cam moving would indicate that the belt has not gone.
But the dephaser could have come loose on the inlet cam.(It is a taper fit,with no splines or keyway)
If you don`t have a compression guage handy,check for compression by putting the car in third gear with the handbrake off and see if you can push the car.
Good compressions should be felt at regular intervals as a resistance.