Mattred93

My car is taking forever to start i replacd the spark plugs because they were fouled but it didnt make a diffence what happened was my water pump went out so i replaced it i took the UIM off also the alernator and some misc. parts b/c i got them powder coated when i put everything back together it started up just fine i shut it off because i realized i didnt conect some hose's up so i conected them and started it up it was fine so i shut it off again then later on i came out to leave and tried to start it up and nothing happened. I was not getting any fuel so i replaced my fuel pump then it started but it took forever and it had a crappy idle also it was smoking at idle and when i reved it, it stoped somking so i drove it around came home and shut it off about 30min later i went to start it again and nothing for some reason it starts now but takes a long time it dies sometimes and still smokes any suggestions please help me. THANKS

Joshbham

check your 12volt to your coil packs, i am curently having a problem with mine.

Mattred93

where is that located

Joshbham

its the black and white wire the comes off of the ignition switch, it connects to the condensor, ignitor, and the coil packs its easy to stick a volt meter to the wire and try to start the car to see how your voltage reads. if its that i am not sure how to fix it....i am curently stuck on my fd with the problem.

paw140

First, learn how to use punctuation. It helps... really. Your post is a single sentence!

From what I could decode, it sounds like it might be your MAP sensor. It's a small black box bolted to the firewall near the master cylinder. There is a single vacuum line that goes from the MAP sensor to the back-side of the throttle body. You may have knocked this hose off when changing the plugs.

Why did you replace your fuel pump? Did it fail?

Mattred93

Thanks i didnt know we were still in school. Yes the fuel pump did go out.