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After changing the spark plugs over today i bolted everything back on and the bloody thing wont start now it turns over but dosnt see to be anything, ive tried turning the igntion on and off a few times just incase the was no fuel in the rails ive looked over it numours times and cant see any plugs that need to be plugged in. Anyone got any ideas??
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Did you put the ignition leads back in the correct order?
Yeah im sure i did doen them one at a time so could really mess them up??
hi buddy, a couple of things to try first, did you pull your fuel pump fuse? If so did you put it back?

The coil pack has a big multiplug in front of it, is this connected right?

The earth on the coil pack, is that connected onto it as well as the little multi plug on the other side of the coil pack? Trace back all the hoses and multi plugs you disconnected when you did the cleaning, hopefully its only minor that its not starting,

also dont count out the battery, if the lights on the dash go a bit dim, it might need a jump to start, all just ideas,

the other one is the 3 multiplugs on the side of the engine, near the power steering side rear of the engine, did you disconnect any of these, and if so check to see that they are connected fully,

good luck with it hope you sort it out :)
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Fred22 said:
hi buddy, a couple of things to try first, did you pull your fuel pump fuse? If so did you put it back?

The coil pack has a big multiplug in front of it, is this connected right?

The earth on the coil pack, is that connected onto it as well as the little multi plug on the other side of the coil pack? Trace back all the hoses and multi plugs you disconnected when you did the cleaning, hopefully its only minor that its not starting,

also dont count out the battery, if the lights on the dash go a bit dim, it might need a jump to start, all just ideas,

the other one is the 3 multiplugs on the side of the engine, near the power steering side rear of the engine, did you disconnect any of these, and if so check to see that they are connected fully,

good luck with it hope you sort it out :)
Cheers ill try the battery issue as it was only started yesterday for the first time in 3 months so sound like it may be the issue. The engine still turns over though so could it still be the battery??
well my engine would turn over as well when my battery was weak, but it wouldnt start it, just the turn over sound, charged it up and fired up straight away after about 30 mins, of charging,

i dont know if this will be your problem, but it sure sounds like it, just charge your battery and go on from there, the v6 needs alot of power to fire into life, hence the big alternator and heavy duty battery it needs,

good luck with it, hopefully it will be the battery and you will be fine, first time in 3 months might be the reason why :)
Mine has always been a bugger to start mainly due to being used only at weekends and when its not raining!!!
So yesterday i fitted a Transit battery, was surprised at how quick she burst into life :)
Fred22 said:
well my engine would turn over as well when my battery was weak, but it wouldnt start it, just the turn over sound, charged it up and fired up straight away after about 30 mins, of charging,

i dont know if this will be your problem, but it sure sounds like it, just charge your battery and go on from there, the v6 needs alot of power to fire into life, hence the big alternator and heavy duty battery it needs,

good luck with it, hopefully it will be the battery and you will be fine, first time in 3 months might be the reason why :)
Hope so im itching to get back in it again!! :laugh: :driving:
st200pow said:
Yeah im sure i did doen them one at a time so could really mess them up??
I doubt it then. Good luck with getting it sorted though,

Dave
Cheers everyone it was the battery had to jump it off a 1.2 clio so tok alittle while to get some life into the batter :} but after a few splutters she burst into life happy days :L
nice one glad it was the battery :L
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