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Old 07-06-2006, 07:27 PM
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88 GA wont start, backfires

ok wellllll my car was working perfectly then i decided to wash the engine bay because it was really dirty, so about half hour after i go try so start my car but all it seems to do is crank once or twice then backfires, why is it doing this?
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Old 07-07-2006, 06:10 PM
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Re: 88 GA wont start, backfires

Sounds like you have water in the distributor cap. Remove it, make sure its dry and clean, check the rotor too, should fix the problem.
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