Recon 1.9 motor won't fire

[Jonpe23]

Hi all, I'm new on here, new to the way of the Berlingo and things haven't started off well!

I've just swapped my dead 1.9 engine for a recon engine and everything went together fine except when I eventually turned the key and it wouldn't fire. I've checked everything I can think of, bled fuel pump, replaced glow plugs etc. There is no compression or at least the engine's not sucking air in when I put my hand on the inlet.
My questions are;
What might the cause be or what have I missed, assuming the engine is as good as its guarantee?
And would there be any electronic/ECU issues with switching the engine? ECU not talking to something it doesn't recognise?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Jon

[brodfather11]

Did you check the timing belt before you swapped engines?. The belt turns the camshaft which opens and closes the valves, if its not turning it wont suck air in/ have compression. But you bled the injector fuel pump didnt you ? It is also turned by the belt.
As for electronic /ecu issues it depends on the age/type of the engine. The early engines 1.9s didnt have electronic control until about 2002 (?)
Let us know age of old and new engines .

[Jonpe23]

Thanks for the reply. I did a visual check of the timing belt before fitting but that's all. As ever it was guaranteed from the supplier as working. I don't have the kit to check the tension so couldn't do more.

I've bled the fuel pump about four times now thinking I hadn't done it properly the previous time!

The van was first registered in early 2002. Just trying to work out how to know the age of the new motor...

[ron]

Can the age be decided by the engine no?