1994 Chevrolet Caprice out of time

Check to see if you get spark and fuel. Should be 41-47 psi check fuses in under hood fuse box.

To check for being in time pull the #1plug lh front and being up to compression with mark on balancer as close to zero as possible then pull dist cap and see if rotor is pointing to about 11:30 or #1 cyl. If it is then crank engine and watch rotor. A lot of times with abad chain it won't move smoothly but kind of a jerky motion. With mileage on your motor, I forget whether they had a nylon cam gear or not but if it is it probably jumped a tooth. YOu might try moving dist to see if it will start it may but will run crappy

I kinda thought it was that engine, book gave me the wrong info. Those opti spark are a real pain and can fail at any time. Scan for codes cross A & B at aldl turn key on and watch light count flashes for codes. 1 then 2 means 12 etc. 12 is normal. I wouldn't put to much in engine going backwards after it quits turning over. Are you sure you have spark and good fuel pressure like I gave earlier? The opti spark is very hard to diagnose and it may be that that is thinking it's out of time. Besides there should be a shaft that the water pump is driven from unless it, s no good as those use a powdered metal gear which can fail above 5800 rpm. And that can cause all sorts of damage.

To tell the truth I forgot about timing as pcm does control that. Opti spark is kind of a screwy system anyhow. Been so damn long since I've seen one of those. I f you disconnect battery all codes will go away then you are blind trying to fix it. As it's obd1

In my very first reply I said to check the fuel pressure I gve you the specs for it. If you don't check with a gauge then the finger test doesn't mean crap that you have fuel pressure. Too much or too little will cause problems.