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Old Jul 23, 2010 | 05:33 PM
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Ok so every once in awhile my car wouldnt start that fast, id turn the key and it would sound like the battery wouldn't catch or something...so I bought a new batt cuz turns mine was bad...but thats not the prob.....so anyways, I put the new battery on turned the key a couple of times and the car started, but then my cousin who knows nothing about cars pulled out the last spark plug wire from my engine and the car turned off. Now the car won't start. It cranks but doesn't start. Any idea what it could be? Maybe pulling out the spark plug wire threw the time timing off or something?
 
Old Jul 23, 2010 | 08:35 PM
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check to see if your getting spark, you could have a bad coil.
 
Old Jul 24, 2010 | 03:02 AM
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Like 94 said, running with a spark plug wire disconnected can blow the coil.

When sometimes you hear a click from the starter but it doesn't turn, but it will eventually go if you try again, that often means the starter is about worn out and should be replaced.
 
Old Jul 29, 2010 | 10:43 AM
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Well I had everything checked out, and turns out I'm not getting current here:

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Could that mean my ECU is messed up?
 
Old Jul 29, 2010 | 10:53 AM
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distributor sends signal to ecu. find someone with a distributor and try theirs
 
Old Jul 29, 2010 | 11:32 AM
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Take the cap off take the rotor and insulator plate out turn the key on (do not crank) and see if you have battery voltage on the two small terminal screws on the coil. Then put the plate back on hold a grounded test wire near the coil output post and crank. Should get big blue sparks. Little yellow sparks mean a bad coil. No sparks at all could be something else.

If someone took off a spark wire causing it to die that's a very typical scenario leading to a blown coil.
 
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