2010 Impala 3.5L VIN K Cam Crank correlation wave form

If you got good spark, good compression and good fuel pressure, the next step I would do is check for fuel contamination. Pull a sample and see if it eats through a styrofoam up and see if a small amount leaves an oily residue after burning (pour a small amount on the floor and use lighter to burn). I have seen people put diesel in these things. I have never seen a bad waveform not set a circuit…

Thank you for the tips, by the way I just put about 15 liters of fresh gasoline since the tank was almost empty and that was the first taught. I will however check the tsb as per your advice.

Look thru your scan data pids for sensors that could be out of range, such as the ECT, etc. Israel Campillo has some good tips. The capture is 05-2013 Impala 3.5 cmp ckp from rotkee​.​com

Thank you for your advice, I will try to pay closer attention to the pid's on the scan tool. However I found in Pico wave form library something that looks different than the one you show me and that one looks way different than mine which makes me think of jumped timing, corroborating also with customer statement of bad noises from engine compartment while engine was still running. There are no…

if you added fuel to a contaminated tank, you just contaminated that new fuel, unless there was very little left. Make sure you clean the spark plugs or put new ones. I have had contamination foul the plugs, and even after fresh fuel it would not start. Do a compression test. If timing is off, compression should be lower than normal. If compression is low across the board, I would go for timing.

Hi, sorry but I forgot to mention that I tryed also to start eliminating the tank and the pump and adding fuel from a pressurized injection cleaner device with fresh fuel. Also spark plugs look very good not fouled or wet. I have to still check the compression on the rear cylinders, but according to relative compression they were almost same as the front ones. One thinh I noticed that I didn't…

This capture is a 2011 Impala 3.5 cmp ckp from the Pico waveform library.

I think an in-cylinder pressure capture would be the fastest way to see if the timing is bad enough to cause a no start. An ignition sync is a good aid to in-cylinder captures.

Thank you for the advice I will do that next step.

You can scope the secondary to see if the spark plugs are fouled, which could be caused by bad fuel. In this capture, the left spark plug spark voltage shows a fuel fouled spark plug.

Thanks again for the advice, I performed the in cylinder compression test and found good compression at all cylinders, but the sync I didn't do with ignition since there are wires, but I picked the firing time of every injector and found out that injection event was always at the exhaust stroke and I think this is enough to blame a jumped timing or bad cam reluctor. I will shortly upload all the…

Ported injectors fire during the exhaust stroke. 08 Chrysler 3.5 CH A ckp CH B running compression CH C injector is firing on the closed intake valve and when the intake valve opens, the air/fuel mixture is drawn into the cylinder, during the intake stroke.

Ok then I gues I missinterpreted this situation, i might have forgoten this part of theory, thank you for opening my eyes. I will try tomorrow to put a new set of spark plugs in and try again with the secondary ignition trigers. Thank you

I meant to use a pressure transducer in the plug hole to check valve timing. Is that what you did? It sounds like you did a relative compression test.

Did you use an ignition sync channel on the relative compression test? A V6 engine can have low compression on one bank but due to the firing order it can look normal on relative compression.

for the relative compresion test I used an injector trigger at cyl 1, but I also performed compresion test in each cylinder and compresion stays between 189 and 210 approx in all cylinders with not big difference between the banks.

You should use an ignition sync with the relative compression and the in cylinder compression to see how far the ignition is advanced or retarded with the compression strokes.

Great tip Jordan. This engine is cam in block though.

Ahhh! Good point, I was assuming overhead cam.

Florin, I see no mention of injector activity? Pulse width, noid light, or verified clicking. Also if the plugs are not getting fuel fouled or at least “wet”, are the air intake and exhaust open? Back in the day I would try to start them on propane. Randy

I believe you stated that you had tried an alternate fuel source? Have you tried ether? It should try on that, regardless of whether the fuel is contaminated. If it tries on ether, than you know it's fuel.

You need to pull a spec on the compression second if that’s good then we can assume the valve time is good enough on the intake at least from a cranking standpoint exhaust can be pretty far out but engine should still start but run poorly, and if fuel supply is adequate and ignition is timed correctly It should theoretically start. is the coolant level low. maybe Get on the intake and verify…

If timing checks out, be sure to inspect exhaust back pressure for any restriction. The p0300 may indicate it was running poorly and the catalyst is now damaged

I would also suspect a plugged exhaust, 200 psi sound kind of on the high side. remove the upstream O2 sensor and check backpressure