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New battery coils and spark plugs fuel pump is working all fuses are working what can be the issue 

Welcome Tanzeel and thanks for joining.

’…what can be the issue.’ ? It could be any one of a dozen reasons, which can only be boiled down by carrying out a diagnostic check on the car and seeing what codes come up. 
What is the history of the car, and any lead-up symptoms prior to this issue? 
Regards,

Gareth.

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Diagnostics check showing no codes, leading up to the car not starting parked up one day next day will not start, I did suspect starter motor but does sound like low compression when cranking the engine 

4 minutes ago, Tony322 said:

Diagnostics check showing no codes, leading up to the car not starting parked up one day next day will not start, I did suspect starter motor but does sound like low compression when cranking the engine 

Hi could be the crankshaft position sensor.

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Appreciate it will get this and see how it goes 

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Spins normal but doesn’t catch on makes a popping sound I’m baffled 

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There’s no compression on all 4 cylinders? Help 🤯

Hello Tanzeel.

No compression? That’s exactly why I asked you if the engine spins over faster than normal! 
If you don’t have any compression ( as you have now proved) then it must do. 
Have you checked the cambelt/chain? 

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36 minutes ago, Magnet said:

Hello Tanzeel.

No compression? That’s exactly why I asked you if the engine spins over faster than normal! 
If you don’t have any compression ( as you have now proved) then it must do. 
Have you checked the cambelt/chain? 

 

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Yes no compression although I can feel air coming out, engine spins faster than normal. I haven’t checked the chain 

Tanzeel.

You are only giving us part of the story. Without more detail any diagnosis is going to be incomplete and slow in coming, so how about you tell us more of the background to the problem? Also please reveal how you tested the compression, and where you can feel air coming out?

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1 hour ago, Magnet said:

Hello Tanzeel.

No compression? That’s exactly why I asked you if the engine spins over faster than normal! 
If you don’t have any compression ( as you have now proved) then it must do. 
Have you checked the cambelt/chain? 

 

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Using a compression tester readings are showing 0 on all cylinders, air I can feel coming out of the spark plug hole when taken off the compression test and by cranking the car 

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Yes I’ve taken the cover off just now nothing seems to be broken and there’s no slack on the chain

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With the compression tester 

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Haha cliff mate don’t give up on me

Not sure if you are extracting the urine here, and we are all wasting our time trying to help you!

Last chance to attempt to get some sense:- 

Let us know step by step exactly how you used the compression tester to measure the compressions on each cylinder. 
Any answer such as ‘I stuck it in the plug hole’ will render me out of the game as well, so please take your time and sit down and go through your procedure step by step. 

Regards,

Gareth. 

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I connected a 14mm adaptor onto nozzle and attached the gauge removed spark plugs and screwed in nozzle to the spark plug hole and cranked the car the readings were at zero (a slight flicker on the needle attempting to go up) I did this on all the cylinders with the same readings. I bought a new compression tester 

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Removed all, I haven’t checked new compression tester. 

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