91 wagon electrical issue, not starting relay or?

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91 wagon electrical issue, not starting relay or?

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Have a 91 wagon l manual couple months back did spark plug change got cel codes for tps and iacv fans stopped working ran like crap. Changed ignitor, coil,plug wires tps iac sensor and cleaned(bitch to find a hitachi btw).. nothing changed turn car off radio stays on till drains out... got wild hair to push cigarette as turning off fans kick on kills radio. So i do all grounds in bay the ground to ecm/ecu was last one i found. Made the cel turn off..

till few days ago. Heater stops working day later cel comes back on for tps and iac. Cigarette lighter deal worked again.. for a day.... now she wont start. Changed all relays in fuse boxes relays by heater fuel pump, blower nothing. When i did the ignition relay. Cel went off but now wont even try and start. Turns over and nothing. Then noticed when i turned key off my temp guage tacks out and u can see cel brake and oil light faint l and radio stays on... done all relays i csn find..

sorry for long post. But ya any ideas??
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Re: 91 wagon electrical issue, not starting relay or?

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Welcome to the BBS.

Your post was a little difficult to follow. However, it sounds like you have short somewhere in the wiring. You can try first pulling all the relays while leaving the fuses in place. Try and determine if one relay causes the problem to go away. This will help narrow down the problem to a particular circuit. The main power relays are located in the engine bay fuse box.
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Re: 91 wagon electrical issue, not starting relay or?

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Done all that lol. Sorry sure was pil confusibg. Frustrated as hell. Managed to it to start with no cel. Felt like was running 3 cylinders and bogged when giving gas. Starts when i stuff gas to floor wont otherwise and i cant rev the throttle at all bogs down almost dies stuck in driveway. It idles bout 200rpm and bogs with gas.. afraid all that turning over may have bumped timing. Had issue with main pulley shortly after buying it. Retareded shop broke shit when they did timing belt. Tested injectors changed plugs n wires again. Nothing.. any ideas? Lol think shes bout dead
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What did the shop break when they did the timing belt?

It's possible the timing belt jumped teeth and that's why the engine isn't working. You could remove the crank pulley and timing covers to verify timing is correct.
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The gear n crank pulley. And again went bad. But knew wasnt a perm fix had nother motor but did something else. now need new pulley n gear..
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