I recently had the plugs changed in my car to stock ngk 9's all around. About four days ago I was driving and boosting mildly when my car began to sputter in my driveway. The idle was very unstable and eventually the car died. I was not able to turn the car over and let it sit until the next morning. I tried again to start the car the following day and it started up and idled fairly constantly. however, i noticed the heavy smell of gas. I have tried to start the car since with no success. I now notice a heavy gasonline smell comming from under the hood. Also, there is a ticking sound coming from what seems to be under the uim. I am guessing that its a fuel related problem, possibly the fuel pump or injectors. It most likely has something to do with the plugs since they were recently changed. If anyone has any advice or can help diagnos my problem I would greatly appreciate it. thanks.

 

Make sure you put the plug wires back on all the way, I was trying to start my car the other day and it turns out that just the boot part was hanging on to the sparkplug. Use some silicone oil or something like that to make it easier to slip on the end of the boot. good luck.

Good luck

P.S. Are you warming up your car all the way before shutting it off everytime you restart/restarted the car? If not, this could further contribute to the flooding.

 

I will double check the wires. I havent been able to start the car so I cant let it warm up.

 

any ideas?

 

did you check if your getting spark? (wrap a wire around some ground and then around the spark plug, have some one go inside the car and crank the engine, make sure all the fuses and relays are in, go wot when you do this)
are you getting compression?
did you check fuel pressure? (dont just jump the fuel pump, make sure your getting fuel to your engine by either unplugging your fuel hose in teh engine bay and jumping the fuel pump or hooking up a fuel pressure gauge to that same line)