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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 07:47 PM
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Car wont start

I hopped in my car on saturday night and went to start it up and it didnt fire up. It turns over ok but no fire. I pulled the spark pluggs out to check them and they are corroaded so i just replaced them today. I try to start the car back up and it doesnt start again but it still turns over. I smell gas so its getting fuel but it must be something electrical what could it be?
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 07:53 PM
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Here we go again. What year is the car? How many miles?
You said you changed the plugs after the first no start attempts, did you do the deflood procedure cause it kinda sounds like you flooded it, changed the plugs, and it's still flooded. Back to the first occurance................can you remember the last time you drove or started it before it wouldn't start? Was it a start up just to move it a short distance without letting it warm up?

Take a look here.................... http://www.finishlineperformance.com...5-08-1883f.pdf

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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 01:40 AM
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2004, 42000 miles are on it but ya i did drive it last and shut it off before i let it warm up i just moved it to wash it and it started up just fine then and that was on 10/22 so about a week ago.
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 02:36 AM
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so the question is what?

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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 09:32 AM
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My Question is what could i look for to get it fixed?
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 04:24 PM
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I am by no means and expert, and this assumes your battery really is okay................but I would suggest you pull out the new plugs and do the de-flooding procedure I link for you in the above post. It's either that or you can try push/pull starting it if it's a manual transmission, but I would try the procedure in the TSB first. Anybody else wanna chime in???????
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 05:37 PM
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Ya ill try deflooding it first and see what happens if your push start it would that help deflood it or i would just have to do the procedure on deflooding.
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