Engine cranks but not starting

Good afternoon,

There is no video loaded to this question. Can you please upload it here for me to view?

You need a spark, fuel, and compression for it to run.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-not-running-advanced

You need to start with a fuel pressure test to see if the fuel pump is working.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-fuel-system-pressure-and-regulator

Then I would remove the plugs and test the compression to be sure the engine is good.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-test-engine-compression

Please get back to us with the results.

Roy

Hello, I don't see any videos, but are you saying that the car has not run in 8 months? If that's the case and you do have spark at the end of the spark plug wires. These cars, if they have been sitting for a while like this, are known for the fuel injectors seizing up. The pintles on the fuel injectors get stuck due to a little bit of carbon build up. When the car is run regularly, the fuel helps to keep the fuel injectors from seizing up. Honestly, I'm not sure why these cars specifically have this issue. And it's one of the only cars I've heard of that do it quite a bit when not driven for a year or so. What you can do is try tapping on the fuel injectors while cranking the vehicle over. Also, after trying to start, it, take a few of the spark plugs out and see if they are wet with fuel. If not, then the fuel injectors are most likely seized up. And strangely enough, they can all seize up. You'd think it would be one or two, but I've seen cases where all 8 are seized up. But check the spark plugs first and see if they're wet after cranking over a couple of times.
If you have an automotive 12volt test light, you can also check the Fuel injector control from the engine computer. You'll notice that the fuel injectors all have a red wire (power feed) and a different colored wire on each one. If you hook a test light to battery positive and back probe the fuel injector connector on the odd colored wire (not the red wire) and crank the vehicle you should see the test light flashing, sometimes it's not an extreme flash but it will flash and that's the computer controlling the fuel injector. These are Ground side switched fuel injectors.
But check the spark plugs first and see if they are wet with fuel.
I'm also putting a guide below to check the fuel pressure. The fuel pressure should be checked too. There could be a relay that has gone bad or sometimes rodents get into the wiring harness and they love to chew on wires. Let us know what you find.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-use-a-test-light-circuit-tester

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-fuel-system-pressure-and-regulator

You have spark at the plug.

I would do a compression test in all cylinders to see how the timing is.

Roy

Just to jump in on this part. The timing on this engine is not adjustable. This is PCM controlled and set to 10 BTDC. I attached the info from the manual that states this.

Basically, you can unplug the SPOUT connector and check the timing, but you can't adjust it if it is wrong. I attached a location of this below if you would like to do this.

I think we should go with Roy's suggestion of checking compression and go from there.