stormmage87

OK, heres the story. one of my friends call me the other day and asked me if i wanted to buy his 'bird. i rushed over to his house only to find out it wouldnt start!! i had seen the car runnig very well only a few days before...now get this, his dad works for a local race shop and told me "the water pumps too small and now it wont start because if it"NOW THATS SOME B.S. but anyway its got spark,fuel,no obvious knocks or pings, no touble codes on the scanner, new plugs and wires. ive got no clus whats wrong with it, any ideas?

FirebirdPhil

did you check the alternator?

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-Steve Buscemi as Garland Greene in Con Air

stormmage87

no. but i did get some more time under the hood. i put a new battery in it and it stumbled but was running for like 6 seconds then died and would turn over but not start even when i tryed to jump it off. i could smell unburned gas coming out the exhast. hmm... i should check the spark plugs.

Phate

Most definatley sounds like spark. If the plugs look good, might as well check the wires.

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stormmage87

I put new plugs and wires on it...nothing. I then put a new coil pack on it ....again nothing. Gave up and put a new water pump, hoses, fuel filter, coolant temp sensor, and a ecm i "borrowed" from my little brother...and guess what? Nothing. zip zero squat nadda. it might be time to give up....

FirebirdPhil

Out of curiosity, how many miles are on it?

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"What if I told you insane was working fifty hours a week in some office for fifty years at the end of which they tell you to piss off; ending up in some retirement village hoping to die before suffering the indignity of trying to make it to the toilet on time? Wouldn't you consider that to be insane?"
-Steve Buscemi as Garland Greene in Con Air

cwveditz1

have you tried rebooting the security system?? Sometimes it can lock the car up ...my 96 did that and my mechanic to0ld me to maunaly lock the car and then manualy open with key not fop...