Okay, I have a 95 Ford Contour I have been working on for a week now. This is the second head gasket I have done. The first one was done about 11 months ago. Had the head planed, new head gasket set put in, and the car ran great for about 4 months, then the head gasket went out again. Cylinders 3 and 4 filled up with water, so i removed the head, cleaned the surfaces again, and reinstalled a new gasket with some copper spray (to help seal) and now it won't start. it turns over fine. Seems almost like it's overloading with fuel. I have checked the fuel pressure which is fine, it has good spark, plugs are wet with fuel, compression is low but i can only test with a cold engine. compression was between 65 and 80 psi (which i imagine will go up with a warm motor) and timing is dead on. timing was done with the cam alignment bar and the second timing mark on the damper. (where it was aligned last time too.) I also checked the codes from the computer, the only codes it threw were "EGR voltage lower than expected" ( which is because it is cold i bet) and "secondary fuel pump circuit failure" (which may be because it won't start.) I then loosened the exhaust flange thinking maybe it was a clogged catalytic converter, but to no avail. the 1/4 tank of gas smelled pretty bad, so i added another 1/4 of good gas to hopefully help it start, but nothing! any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
1995 Ford Contour won't start?
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