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Old 08-21-2006 | 08:30 AM
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Car won't start

Had my car to Sparta friday night.Did 2 runs after the second run drove back parked the car and that was it.It won't start just turns over.Have changed coil tried another dist.Still nothing just turns over.Also shows fuel pressure on my gauge.Any ideas guys????
Old 08-21-2006 | 08:48 AM
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Are you sure the other distributor is good? My guess would be ignition module, this can be easily checked by just plugging in the dist/module assy, running a ground wire to it, leave the coil hooked up, pull the wire at the cap end and attach a spark tester to it, when spinning the dist. by hand you should have spark from the coil wire.
Old 08-21-2006 | 08:55 AM
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First thing I did was put a new module on the dist.
Old 08-21-2006 | 09:01 AM
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Do you have spark? What exactly does the car do? Does it sputter at all, or just spins?
Old 08-21-2006 | 09:03 AM
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Just turns over.Don't think there's any spark at all.
Old 08-21-2006 | 09:05 AM
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You're gonna have to check, how much fuel pressure do you have?
Old 08-21-2006 | 09:06 AM
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Can here the pump come on and the gauge is showing about 31 psi.
Old 08-21-2006 | 09:09 AM
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You'll need to check for spark, can't really figure it out without all the info, is it back home now, or still at the track?
Old 08-21-2006 | 09:10 AM
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Sitting in the garage.It got escorted home to the tune on $90...lol
Old 08-21-2006 | 09:23 AM
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That sux, at least it's home, we'll have to get into it more a little later, gotta head out right now, what you need to do it check for spark, you can use a spark plug for this, attach the plug to a wire and ground the plug, you should see a pretty strong spark, if spark is present, pull all the plugs and check the condition, what I think happened is, the module went, then you tried to start it a zillion times and flodded the plugs to the point that they're FUBAR'D, now you likely have spark since you changed the module but the plugs are fudged causing it to seem like nothing has been fixed even though it may be........I would also change the oil if the plugs are soaked w/fuel, if the oil is full of fuel it may cause the same condition, so look into it, I'll be back in a few hours. :teeth:
Btw, what'd she run?????

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