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Old 11-14-2012 | 01:34 AM
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Wierd misfire leads to no fire?

Ok, Havent drove the car in around 4 days. Went to start it after it had sat and it turns over for about 6 seconds and finally starts, runs really rough, and then dies. car doesn't start at all after this. I then took all of my plugs out and cleaned them all off. they were soaked as i figured when i took them out. then I turned the car over for about a second to blow the excess fuel out of the engine. Anyway, put the plugs back in and the car still doesnt start. I pulled a plug wire off and put an old spark plug on the end and turn the car over for a brief second to check for spark. absolutely no spark. also checked the other 3 plug wires for spark and they didnt either.

So i reset the ECU by unhooking battery and pumping the brakes and try this again, this time i have bright blue spark on all of the plug wires!! so i put plug wires back on the plugs and try to start the car again, but still wont start. I just replaced the plugs a few weeks ago. Basically I am thinking that somehow i ruined my plugs.

Also wondering how this could even happen? Should i replace coils? they have between 5 and 7k miles on them as i replaced them when i got the car. Just wondering if it may not be getting enough spark or something i am confused.

And another side note, i hooked the battery up to a charger when i tried to start the car the first time. left dome light on, didnt know if this could have possibly lead to the issue..

BTW I have unhooked the ESS and cleaned it, cleaned MAF and my compression isnt low on either rotor. also the car ran perfect prior to this
Old 11-14-2012 | 01:37 AM
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I honestly think that the car is badly flooded and i may need to push start it to clean it out. would hate to do that
Old 11-14-2012 | 12:45 PM
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ok, well took the coils off today and they all look to have a burnt spot on the bottom of them, some bigger than others. looks like im going to get new ones and see what happens..
Old 11-14-2012 | 01:49 PM
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white spots on coils dont mean ****. did you reconnect ess properly? iirc if its unplugged on mis alligned car will not spark
Old 11-14-2012 | 05:18 PM
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ess was NOT plugged in all the way. finally got it started today. that had to be what it was. also caused it to flood out so i had to do the de-flooding process.
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