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Old 09-13-2004, 09:37 PM
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hello everyone, I installed a ls6 intake and plugs this past weekend and upon firing the car, it is taking like 7 tries to get it going, same thing as when there is no spark, what does everyone think, I just got the idea that maybe I cut the wire that is connected to the driver side head and the ground is not making contact.....I will check that tomorrow.
anyways I am out of ideas, lets see how many more we can generate to tackle this problem, I thank you in advance.
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I made sure all the plugs and everything was connected right. nothing is disconnected.....
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Is it even turning over?

Check to make sure you put the fuel system back together correctly,too.

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yeah check the fuel injector plugs and all other plugs.
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fuel injector plugs are good, it does turn, but there is no spark to set the combustion for what i can tell, but the weird thing is that sometimes it does start up, but i have to keep on trying. I checked the ground on the back of the head and it seem to be connected right, any more ideas before I take everything apart again?
Also I did not lubed the O-rings on the injectors when I installed them in the new manifold, you think that this is causing a air leak and causing this problem>
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Did you unhook the coil packs?
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yes I did unhook the coil packs but they were connected, I think I found the problem to be a short on the ground behind the DS head, I was trying to get it to run and shaking that ground and it would start up everytime, so i think I have to reatach the ground becuase it has a shor from tugging on the wire I guess, but the car is running fine now
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Originally Posted by 98hc4mula
yes I did unhook the coil packs but they were connected, I think I found the problem to be a short on the ground behind the DS head, I was trying to get it to run and shaking that ground and it would start up everytime, so i think I have to reatach the ground becuase it has a shor from tugging on the wire I guess, but the car is running fine now
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Yeah.. that ground should be tight = no movement.




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