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Car Will Not Start!

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Old Sep 3, 2005 | 12:49 PM
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Alrighty, I bring back my car from storage and when it was in storage it ran perfectly.. when i get it home i strip the emissions and a/c.. i ended up fooking up 1 of the plug wires so i grab some NGK plugs and wires and said **** it and grabbed 2 MSD coils.. when i got it all installed i tried starting my car.. doesnt wanna turn over. i had it turned over once and running after 10000 trys.. then just died.. i re-read the emission tutorial hundreds of times seeing if i missed a vaccum plugs somewhere.. i have no idea whats wrong, ive done everything possible... i just figured, thats my luckkk
Old Sep 3, 2005 | 08:52 PM
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try putting the ignition back to stock and see if it makes a difference



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Old Sep 6, 2005 | 05:49 PM
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Already tried putting the ignition back to stock...told u ive tried everything
Old Sep 6, 2005 | 09:26 PM
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maybe its flooded? pull the plugs see if they are wet?
Old Sep 7, 2005 | 09:30 AM
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i had the same problem on my sa. it may be the starter. i know you think its not but it took me a week of trying things to finally believe it took forever

ended up having it towed and putting in a new one
Old Sep 8, 2005 | 03:49 PM
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its not flooded, i already checked the plugs.. i even tried flooding it to see if it wasnt getting enough gas, but my ignition set up is so bomb it doesnt flood hhaha.................. its not the started because it started 1 time... i honestly think its a vaccum leak becuz i did the emission remove kinda ghettoly..
Old Sep 9, 2005 | 08:09 PM
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Old Sep 10, 2005 | 06:59 PM
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you sure you have spark? fuel? lets start with the basics
Old Sep 12, 2005 | 07:28 PM
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i have spark, the plugs are brand new not even a mile on them, and there is fuel coming in because i can smell it, also smoke coming out of the exhaust.
Old Sep 13, 2005 | 11:54 PM
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its flooded, unplug the fuel pump and crank it until it starts



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