my car is dead
 

it dont start anymore. i removed 3 plugs; 1,3,4 , and they are in pretty bad shape. For plug #2, i cant remove it, it stuck with dirt and rust fillin up the plug hole i cant even put the socket it the hole. what happen?

Re: my car is dead
 

sounds like you didn't do regular maintenance, cleaning, upkeep that should have been done....

its a good idea to remove your plugs once in a while when you have an aluminum head....if you leave them in there for the complete duration of their life...its VERY common for that steel plug to be STUCK to the aluminum. food for thought....and the future....

however....NEVER EVER put any kind of lube or anti-seize on the threads...it will drastically and detrimentally effect the heat transfer from the plug to the head and the plugs will over heat.

Great! i just saw that a bolt of the valve cover was unscrewed.
can that be caused by vibrations? can it make the car not starting ? I'm really pissed off because the car ran fine back monday, and then tuesday it just rotate for ever when i try to start it , no explosions. :(

well, think my problem is related with the fuel system.
in the past week went it was humid, sometime the car choke when i step on the throttle. so it may be the fuel pump relay, or something related. i tought my car was in good shape, but after all, its 7years old :tear:

damn bro that sucks. try to get it towed somwhere and get a tuneup. but before then, try to replace all them sparkplugs and wires, then see whatelse u can do.


sorry to hear about that:(

do you have gas in your car ? sounds stupid but if your gauge is wrong ? Also maybe some of the wiring on your distibuter has coroded from using engine degreaser ? Checked your ground wire yet too ? All of these sound like common sense but you'd be amazed at what you miss when your pissed your car doesn't start ? Let us know. Have you tried to see if your getting fuel to your engine yet ? Good luck man I feel for ya.......

i changed the wires today, those damn ngk wires were new, and now with the cheap canadiantire wires the car work more then fine. i'll inspect those ngk to see what was wrong.

Cool beans man ! your back on the road now right ? Anyways thanks for the heads up on ngk wires. Good luck

Re: my car is dead
 

if you never got that stuck plug out...BE VERY VERY CAREFUL!! if its galded in there...or the head and plug have corroded together....it could strip out the threads in the head when you try to remove it....then you will have to get it repaired just to put a plug back in....

if you never got around to changing the plugs before you got it running again...I would get it done as soon as possible considering what you said about the OTHER plugs.

Whats this stuiff about not using anti-seize? How come you think not too? All my life I have always put that shit on my plugs.:rolleyes: Never had any problems.

my car was choking when i hit the gas anytime it was raining or humid out, i thought that the moisture was shorting somthing out so i changed the spark plug wires and the actuall plugs but it still had problems, it almost felt like it was skipping a cylinder, i poured a can off "nos fuel injector cleaner" in my gas tank and my car has been runing great ever since, even in wet/humid weather