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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 11:24 AM
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Well my car just died last week while driving....it had the symptoms of a flooded engine so I changed the sparkplugs and it started right back up.



Well after 10 miles the car died again...same symptoms....the RPM just drops to zero and it will not turn over.



Any ideas??? Help me please!!!
Old Sep 16, 2003 | 04:58 PM
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It died on you while driving? MIght be electrical, battery starter or something of that nature if you cant crank it.
Old Sep 16, 2003 | 05:18 PM
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it will not turn over? a flooded car will crank faster than normal. a car with bad plugs will also crank. check the battery, charging, and ignition circuits. this includes the spark plug wires and coils.
Old Sep 17, 2003 | 05:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Flo' date='Sep 16 2003, 01:58 PM
It died on you while driving? MIght be electrical, battery starter or something of that nature if you cant crank it.
The car still cranks but does not turn over.



The car just died while driving....just do not understand
Old Sep 17, 2003 | 07:21 PM
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Anyone??
Old Sep 17, 2003 | 11:54 PM
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have you done the poor mans compression test? do you have fuel flow? if spark is ok compression is ok and u have fuel, no flooding, sounds like some diging rember KISS keep it simple,stupid.
Old Sep 20, 2003 | 07:55 PM
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What is the poor mans compression test?
Old Sep 20, 2003 | 11:58 PM
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pull the plugs, pull the egi fuse, crank and listen for 3 even wooshes at sparkplug holes is the poman's compression test IIRC.
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