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need help fast! ok i have a 94 lt1 firebird.. i was getting it ready to sell today.. guy was coming whatever. i get in it to back it out.. it doesnt start.. well i sprayed engine degreaser on the motor and cleaned it up an hosed it down alil.. well now it wont start!, i pulled a wire and i have spark.. but it wont fire.. itl back fire when i stop cranking an smoke out the exhaust and intake.. please help!
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i pulled the plug wire off the driver side. im new to these cars.. wheres the coil wire? it ran until i sprayed it down.. it just backfired.. almost starts like.. chugga chugga chugga an stops.. then smokes out the intake.
Well the coil wire is......... on the coil. The coil is on the driver side head and the wire is only like 8 inches long and goes down behind the water pump. BUT, if the driver side plug you pulled sparked, then the coil works. Pull one on the pass side and check it. I have heard of single banks going down before but I can't remember why???? There was a guy on here I remember having this problem but it seems like his was just loose wires............ Oh well, I can't really recall if this is possible but it won't hurt to pull a wire on the other side to see.
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yea il go do that right now. it started.. then after i cleaned it up it didnt.. it just chugs idk whats going on. i ran it outa gas yesterday.. but put more in an it started right back up an drove. but my fuel gauge is actin wierd. i do however hear my pump going on..
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possible opti got wet? needs to sit with the hood up and dry out? there is some spark.. idk how much but there is. is there anything else i could have got wet to screw it up?
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probbly just needs to dry out. might try to hook a vaccum up to the vent tube on the opti to help dry it quicker. if you can i would pull a spark plug or two to see if they are fouled out.
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i pulled 2 out and they looked ok.. alil burn but not bad. wiped off clean but were still alil blackish. any way i can speed up the dry procress beside let it sit in the sun?
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i have spark. at the coil and at the wires. it shocked the **** out of me, but one plug wire didnt seem to have spark. its trying to start right now, if its wet and drying will i have spark at some and not others? when i stop cranking it itl chug and the belt will sping in reverse.
are you giving it gas as it is cranking because if you are, it might be flooded. but it still sound like you got moisture in the opti. you have a non-vented opti so it will take time to dry.
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i did a couple times.. but not everytime. im sure i did get moisture. how long does it take to dry out? i do have spark at the spark plugs i have checked.. and obviously spark at the coil.. so idk what the deal is..
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i dont have spark at number 1 3 4 so far. but i do have spark at 5 7 6. havnt checked 8 or 2 yet. yea i guess. i sprayed the motor down.. iv done it before never had a problem... iv let it sit all today in the sun.. but its cooler here now so idk.. does it having spark at some cylinders help the conclusion?
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well one way.. the guy i bought it from had his sitting in the sun for 3 years and then it started.. lol i dont want to replace it! its a bitch!. anyone around fresno california wanna give me a hand or do it for me fo rmoney? i really need this car running to sale!
