my nissan sentra wont start help

[kathy18]

i have change my spark plugs wires cap and rotor and now my car wont start i have tried everything mechanics tell me that i am not getting no fire can it be my timing chain? someone please help

[Chiquae07]

did u check oil/coolant levels? how about the battery?

[kathy18]

Originally Posted by kathy18

i have change my spark plugs wires cap and rotor and now my car wont start i have tried everything mechanics tell me that i am not getting no fire can it be my timing chain? someone please help

I have plenty of coolant the battery is fine and i have plenty of oil its not that people are telling me it might be timing chains could that be the problem

[botang]

What year is your car? My nissan sentra is 94 and a nissan mechanics told me this car does not use any timing belt anymore and the model has be changed to other mechanical way. So if your car is 94 or later you should not worry about the timing belt.

[slideways...]

botang-it uses a timing chain

chains last longer, but are prone to stretching over time, which can throw off the timing. but that wouldnt cause no spark. i hate to give bad news, but it sounds like its your distributor. (could be the coil, but if i recall, the coil is inside the distributor and possibly not replaceable by itself, check with a parts store or dealer to see for sure). worst case is bad ecu.

[kathy18]

Originally Posted by botang

What year is your car? My nissan sentra is 94 and a nissan mechanics told me this car does not use any timing belt anymore and the model has be changed to other mechanical way. So if your car is 94 or later you should not worry about the timing belt.

my car is 1991 so i am not sure what is going on with the car guess i willhave to put on a computer to find out what is the problem. But I am still hoping someone can tell me something that will help try since we have looked at everything else. People are telling me its not getting a good connection from the coil to the cap. So still trying to figure it out.

[kathy18]

Originally Posted by slideways...

botang-it uses a timing chain

chains last longer, but are prone to stretching over time, which can throw off the timing. but that wouldnt cause no spark. i hate to give bad news, but it sounds like its your distributor. (could be the coil, but if i recall, the coil is inside the distributor and possibly not replaceable by itself, check with a parts store or dealer to see for sure). worst case is bad ecu.

that is not the cap is it? the part where all the wires go in. Cause if so i changed that. What is the ecu?

[slideways...]

no the distributor is the part the cap bolts to. the ecu is the engine computer, located inside the car(not under hood)