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Originally Posted by shorod
About the only experience I have with a Taurus of that vintage was my '93 SHO. It did have a crankshaft position (CKP) sensor (located at the crankshaft underneath the pretty plastic timing belt cover) and a camshaft position sensor. When I replaced the timing belt through routine maintenance, I also put a new CKP sensor and water pump in.
Sounds like if the plugs are drenched in fuel and the oil smells of fuel, you either not getting a hot enough spark or the spark is not occuring at the right time. Or, you have some leaky injectors.
What happens if you crank the engine a few times, then hold the throttle all the way to the floor (WOT) to shut off fuel that way. Will it sputter like it wants to start after a bit a cranking? If so, the ignition timing is probably pretty close to right.
-Rod
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first of all i believe that i hav a very strong spark as it has new plugs,wires,cap,rotor, and coil. i dont hav the tool to measure the spark's voltage but believe me it is strong.i pressure tested the fuel system and i hav 38 psi with key on engine off, fuel pressure holds steady , does not drop at all so i can rule out leaky injectors,bad check valve in the fuel pump,and the regulator.when i crank it a few times with the throttle wide open it sputters sometimes like it wants to start.i hav checked and found that this engine in fact does not use a crank sensor to relay engine timing, but in fact uses a hall effect switch which is housed in the distributor and bases timing off the camshaft.do you think i hav a bad distributor?even though i hav a strong spark?gonna go to the junk yard when i hav time to get a used one to try it out.if you hav any other suggestions please let me know . again thnx in advance for your help.also hav u seen any threads with a similar problem to mine? i hav looked through hundreds but there are thousands more to look through.