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Old May 3, 2007 | 11:10 PM
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spark plug wire

i have a weird proplem, when trying to start the car i have to take the coil wire out alil to start it. what causes this
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Old May 3, 2007 | 11:17 PM
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everytime or does this only happen oneand awhile??? and how old are your wires?
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Old May 3, 2007 | 11:25 PM
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i changed wires, tonite i changed my distributor, i can go with new but since i had an extra i tried that, i jusr drove the car a few days ago and it was fine, but when i have to start it this way it sound like on 1 rotor
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Old May 4, 2007 | 01:09 AM
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elaborate on "coil wire" and where are you moving it? sounds like a bad connection tho.
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Old May 4, 2007 | 01:20 AM
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well what i do is sit the wire close to the coil and see the spark and then it starts to fire up, but after that it sounds like 1 rotor
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Old May 4, 2007 | 08:13 AM
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you're such a noob. You cant be asking question without a complete background as far as SE or non-SE etc etc.

check for spark using a timing gun. its that simple.
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Old May 4, 2007 | 09:56 AM
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u dont no my car by now wacky. everyone else knows it on the west coast site. no paying atttention i see
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Old May 4, 2007 | 09:59 AM
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lol
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Old May 4, 2007 | 10:47 AM
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dave's car is like a door ****....lmao
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Old May 4, 2007 | 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by riceburner1r2001
u dont no my car by now wacky. everyone else knows it on the west coast site. no paying atttention i see

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Old May 4, 2007 | 12:08 PM
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yo manny i am going bro let me know if we can meet up and head up there, i am gonna run the bimma see what i can do against the neons srt4
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Old May 4, 2007 | 08:21 PM
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well just got home from work, going to go check the car, if anyone has any suggestions hit me up
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Old May 4, 2007 | 09:12 PM
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hole bunch of starting fluid, it wants to start but wont kick over
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Old May 4, 2007 | 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by riceburner1r2001
hole bunch of starting fluid, it wants to start but wont kick over

drop some tranny fluid down the carb , when it starts pedal the gas a couple of times until you feel that apex seal let loose ,sound like they are stuck, if thats a no go check compresion
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Old May 4, 2007 | 11:11 PM
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whats weird manny is that i just drove it on tuesday alls well no probs
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Old May 7, 2007 | 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by riceburner1r2001
whats weird manny is that i just drove it on tuesday alls well no probs

cars are wird like that specially that demond child of yours get yor self some witch hazel @wall -mart and wash that car down with a sponge while you say a ten of hail marry's
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Old May 7, 2007 | 10:38 AM
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cars are wird like that specially that demond child of yours get yor self some witch hazel @wall -mart and wash that car down with a sponge while you say a ten of hail marry's


OR JUNK IT. Im getting low on parts.
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Old May 7, 2007 | 12:58 PM
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well it started yesterday, but then couldnt get it going again, oh well, hey manny if i cant get it started it will b a nogo at the track on friday
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