i have a 90 firebird 3.1L V6 ive replaced the timing chain, and its tention guide (which was worn to

nothing) ive had the car 2 weeks, spark plugs have orange spark when spark plug is touched to

ground, timing gears are aligned with small dots centered, i smell fuel on the plugs, it sounds like it

wants to start but wont turn over, battery has been fully charged, im pullin my hair out tryn to

figure this out any help would be great before i go bald. fuel pump turns on properly, distrubiter is
rusty but still turns, ignition coil is fine, as u see ive tryed many things and still nothing, this car ran

when i first got it and kinda spuddered to a hualt, has a half of tank of fuel mid grade(shell,

cheveron) , i changed the oil and filter, please help!!!!!

and it was ideling high when i first got it about 2500 rpm in park then 1500 in drive with break applied

 

Welcome aboard thirdgen.org.

I'll move this to the V6 forum where you'll probably get better help.

Did you pull the distributor out while you were doing all this work?

 

I too own a Cali Car...had it shipped from Sacramento to Arizona..and its a 90 v6 t-top as well.I will give you my opinion and would say you might have a leaky injector(need to run a fuel pressure test) if you disconnected the battery ,you do know these cars need to re-learn idle??..Since I am on the subject of injectors...I replaced mine with the same Multec(stock) ones and am disappointed(having issues) and currently waiting for some Ford injectors to replace them.if anybody reading this has the Ford 15#ers in their v6 can you give me your opinion?.

 

Orange spark is a bit weak... you are looking for a bright electric blue.

 

I would replace the coil and go from there. You want to have a very nice bright white or blue spark. If you're really brave, hold the plug with a set of inculated pliers and hold it about 1 cm away from ground, you should still have a spark. This is risky though and might not feel too good if you get a little far away.