Onimacus

I changed the plugs andw ires this evening.

Now it starts up and then dies within a few seconds.

I am going to do the whole process over tomorrow... Anything specific I should look for that I might have goofed up on?

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Travis

Flash75

First thing to check is the plug wires. make sure they are installed correctly for the firing order of your vehicle.

Clifton

Onimacus

its the 3.4 v6. I am pretty sure I put them on exactly the same way as I took them off. but I will check that.

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Travis

Onimacus

Ok I must have them in the wrong spots. The wire that goes into the intake hose, i forgot to put that back on. So I plugged it in and tried to start the car and it just clicked at me.


Does that mean I have the plug wires on wrong?

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Travis

Onimacus

5 6
3 4
1 2
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Front of car.


ok i changed it so that the wires go 5-2 3-6 1-4....

The engine cranks but does not turn over... its not clicking anymore....

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Travis

Flash75

If your engine was running before you changed the plugs and wires I would think you may have overlooked something. I'm not familiar with the firing order on most newer vehicles. That information should be somewhere on a label in the engine compartment, sometimes it's on the inlet manifold. If you are sure everything is wired correctly, you need to determine if you are getting fuel and spark. After cranking the engine over your plugs should be damp and smell like gas. If you have a timing light attach it to the # 1 plug wire and crank the engine over, the light should flash. Do the same for each wire in turn, the light should flash on all. This doesn't mean the ignition is timed correctly, it shows you are getting spark to each cylinder. Timing is set automatically on newer engines. You almost have to assume something isn't right with the plug wires from the coils/distributor to the spark plugs, unless you didn't connect something or you broke something.

Clifton