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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 07:46 PM
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no spark!!!

its been a year of owning a car and never driving it when i finally got it street legal i was driving it and had huge hesitation, like back fires and all, at like 4000rpm. after driving for a while on the freeway the engine cut out and would not start, i checked the spark and neither the leading or trailing plugs would.

this car is sucking my will to live
let the guessing game begin
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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 08:22 PM
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pretty sure its the 3800 hesitation in the faqs section. Its when the secondary injectors are supposed to come online. Maybe there clogged or just bad. Also checking connections and grounds on a 15+ year old car is always great.
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 12:08 AM
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unplug the airflow meter ( not from the effin screws ) and crank er over.

if it starts,your AFM is broked.

i had the same exact problems.
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 12:45 AM
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Bad coils? Is there a way to check?
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 12:55 AM
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Try changing your spark plugs. They may be fouled out. Mine had a similar problem.
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 01:31 AM
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Distro may be bad, you have a leading coil and a trailing coil could be bad or just faulty connection.
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 12:26 PM
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thanks for the help im going to check everything today and keep in touch
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 03:58 PM
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unpluged the afm and it still didnt start, the plugs are brand new, but im pretty sure its because of some loser that rewired everything with butt connectors and electrical tape all over under the dash.
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