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03-29-2013, 12:32 AM #1
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Sparkplug wire was off and cranked it, now won't start
My car wont start.
I changed my sparkplugs, BUT I left off a plug wire! and thentried to crank the car. I plugged it up and it still didnt crank up.
Im hoping that I got plug wire 6 switched with plug wire 4 because that was the next one I changed.I think I just grabbed wire 6 and put it in sparkplug 4 and it didnt start up.Then I realized that spark plug 6 didnt have a wire hooked up and plugged 4 into 6 and then tried to start it again.
Did I mess something up by trying to starting the car without a spark plug wire connected. Could that mess something up and if I did cross them over could I have messed up the optispark.
Im going to check tomorrow if I mixed up the wires.
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03-29-2013, 12:38 AM #2
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Not that I am know of so it must be that you left something unplugged or knocked something loose so double check your work.
Sometimes you can dislodge things as you work on them so look it over and re trace your steps to see what has changed and I am sure you will find it
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03-29-2013, 12:57 AM #3
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no...cranking the car with no plug wires on wont hurt anythig... much less one.
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03-29-2013, 09:33 PM #4
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Yep, I got them switch backwards, but it was 4 and 2 i think. Then I tried to start it and it backfired bad. I kept trying to start it but it would never start up.
Do you all think I just flooded the spark plugs with fuel? I'm going to take them out and clean them tomorrow.93 Z28, 383, PI 3200, Strange 12 bolt, 3.73, Strange coilovers, suspension, and going 24X... for three years or so.
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03-29-2013, 10:52 PM #5
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Sounds likely to me so pullem out and go from there.
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03-30-2013, 09:56 AM #6
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You need to check the routing of every one of your plug wires. Backfiring is a sure indication that one or more are not on their correct plugs.
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03-30-2013, 05:55 PM #7
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I checked again for the second time and I don't know what in the world I did but jacked it up big time.
Originally Posted by SS RRR
I also cleaned the spark plugs, but I didn't try and start it. Hopefully it will start up without a problem Sunday.93 Z28, 383, PI 3200, Strange 12 bolt, 3.73, Strange coilovers, suspension, and going 24X... for three years or so.
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03-30-2013, 06:29 PM #8
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Like whats been said it's easy to get the wires on the wrong plugs and backfiring is a common indicator that's what's happened!
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04-06-2013, 05:14 PM #9
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Well, I couldn't ever get it started so I took the Z to a shop and like thought, the opti went out. This is the first time in the 8yrs that I owned the car that it went out. I think I'm going to go the 24x route and just get rid of it.
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04-06-2013, 06:51 PM #10
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Originally Posted by 383z
Sucks man... btw
how did the shop diagnose it?
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