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Car is a 1992 960 with a 'new' 93 motor w/200k. Car is in great shape although it has been sitting for almost two years in our garage and the new motor had not been run since may of 2004.
First off-I don't know much about these cars.
Just posted earlier concerning an ignition problem: I was missing a powerstage module.
Motor was running smooth as butter then I drove it across the street into the church parking lot to see what it would do and to try to brush off some of the rust off the rotors. Pretty crusty; it sounded like I was driving a self propelled maraka(you know, the instrument).
I brought the car back into the garage to put a good set of wheels on it and when I got back in it to start it up nothing happened. Motor cranks over like usual but no fire.
Here are two leads.
First
I thought the engine took a long time to start when it was running fine, meaning, from the time I hit the key until the time the motor started running on its own was longer than I thought it should be (like a normal car). 1.5 to 2 seconds of cranking maybe?
Second
I don't know if I'm doing something completely idiotic but I can't seem to be able to check the spark correctly. I think I see those bizarre coil packs and scratch my head. I pulled a plug and laid it on the head and turned the motor over but there is no spark. Notta.
Two and a half.
The motor seems to turn over almost too easily (maybe I'm hallucinating). I thought it might be the stuck valves I read about in the FAG's and the archives but the car was running for 15-20 minutes before I shut it off although I did do a lot of short stopping and starting the night before; it was around 20*F or -5*C.
Maybe a ground? I'm dead in the water and would appreciate your expertise.
JS
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