Spark Plug wires crossed?
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Spark Plug wires crossed?
What do you guys think would happen if someone had there spark plug wire crossed from leading to trailing and trailing to leading and also on the engine block they had the spark plugs themselves in the wrong place?
Also would the engine still run? and what are the symtoms of this?
I actually saw a guy rx7 that did this and he wasn't sure why his car was acting up!
Can you believe this ****! haha I need to help him out but don't know where to start. The first thing first is I told him to remove the spark plugs and try to make sure you get it right this time and guess what...3 out of the 4 spark plugs came out easily and the forth broke inside...it looks like it too some heat and kinda molded it self to the engine. How would he get this out!
I recommended that he do an engine overhaul to get the remains of the sparkplug out if he can and while he at it to do a rebuild cuz his engine is probably dead now.
What do you guys think? Please help us out haha...Oh yea would the crossing of the wires cause an engine to overheat witht he antifreeze flowing out of the external reservior?
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Also would the engine still run? and what are the symtoms of this?
I actually saw a guy rx7 that did this and he wasn't sure why his car was acting up!
Can you believe this ****! haha I need to help him out but don't know where to start. The first thing first is I told him to remove the spark plugs and try to make sure you get it right this time and guess what...3 out of the 4 spark plugs came out easily and the forth broke inside...it looks like it too some heat and kinda molded it self to the engine. How would he get this out!
I recommended that he do an engine overhaul to get the remains of the sparkplug out if he can and while he at it to do a rebuild cuz his engine is probably dead now.
What do you guys think? Please help us out haha...Oh yea would the crossing of the wires cause an engine to overheat witht he antifreeze flowing out of the external reservior?
Thanks
Just email me at: wickedkin6s44@netzero.net or PM me on INstantmessenger if I'm on. Thanks
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can't answer many of your questions, but a spark plug stuck in the motor requires a rebuild. and odds are that plug is stuck forever so they'll have to use a new housing.
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What do you guys think would happen if someone had there spark plug wire crossed from leading to trailing and trailing to leading and also on the engine block they had the spark plugs themselves in the wrong place?
What do you guys think would happen if someone had there spark plug wire crossed from leading to trailing and trailing to leading and also on the engine block they had the spark plugs themselves in the wrong place?
The first thing first is I told him to remove the spark plugs and try to make sure you get it right this time and guess what...3 out of the 4 spark plugs came out easily and the forth broke inside...it looks like it too some heat and kinda molded it self to the engine. How would he get this out!
I recommended that he do an engine overhaul to get the remains of the sparkplug out if he can and while he at it to do a rebuild cuz his engine is probably dead now.
I recommended that he do an engine overhaul to get the remains of the sparkplug out if he can and while he at it to do a rebuild cuz his engine is probably dead now.
What do you guys think? Please help us out haha...Oh yea would the crossing of the wires cause an engine to overheat witht he antifreeze flowing out of the external reservior?
Looks like you're going to have to rebuild anyway.
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"can't answer many of your questions, but a spark plug stuck in the motor requires a rebuild. and odds are that plug is stuck forever so they'll have to use a new housing."
that sucks@! do a search and it will tell you which way all the plugs and stuff go
that sucks@! do a search and it will tell you which way all the plugs and stuff go
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U might be able to get the spark plug out. What u do is get some JB weld and a scrap cheater bar. try to weld the JB only to the spark plug and bar. Let dry and you just made a wrench.
That will be $154.23 thank you. have a nice day
That will be $154.23 thank you. have a nice day
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i had my rear rotor plugs switched for the longest time.. top on the bottom and bottom on the top... it ran perfectly and then i looked at it one day and was like WTF.. and switched it fired it up.. backfired a couple of times and now runs great!
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pb blaster and a screw extractor work? guess i've never seen what the plug looks like inside.. but hell it's worth a shot try the jb welded bar first then screw extractor then last resort it with new rotor housing
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haha I told him that already haha...
He told me when he bought the car it was already like that so when he replaced the wire and sparkplugs he just did a one for one swap without lookin at the manual or the actual block itself...haha
So if he had to go for a rebuild where should he go with all of this?
THanks guys
He told me when he bought the car it was already like that so when he replaced the wire and sparkplugs he just did a one for one swap without lookin at the manual or the actual block itself...haha
So if he had to go for a rebuild where should he go with all of this?
THanks guys
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Originally posted by wickedkin6s44
So if he had to go for a rebuild where should he go with all of this?
So if he had to go for a rebuild where should he go with all of this?
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