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Thread: Car wont start after replacing spark plugs. 1993 325is

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    Car wont start after replacing spark plugs. 1993 325is

    Sunday night I ran out of gasoline and had to have a friend bring a gas can. The next morning I stopped at the gas station and fueled up and everything seemed fine. I got about 5 miles down the road and the car started to drive like it was running out of fuel again, so I turned around and called a friend to find out what might be the problem. Later that day we checked the spark plugs and sure enough one of them was bad. We replaced the spark plugs and when I tried to restart the car it made a loud, horrible grinding sound and would not start.

    Help would be greatly appreciated.

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    when you say one was bad...what exactly do you mean? was it physically damaged?
    take the spark plugs back out...sounds like you may have dropped something in the whole...horrible grinding sounds coming from an engine and lack of start generally (to me) sounds like catastrophic failure...
    -ducky


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    Running the tank dry has led several forum members here to have to replace their fuel pumps. If the starter is good, then you likely have a problem with fuel delivery (meaning your pump might be shot).

    A video or soundclip of the grinding would help, after following ducky's advice of rechecking your plugs and making sure there aren't any foreign objects in your engine.

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    Hopeing you didn't install the plugs wrong/drop something, the fuel pump or filter is clogged from running dry. Either way, you have some work to do.
    Facts:
    1) I don't proof read. EVER.

    2) You guys seem to get into a lot of accidents.

    3)Don't put your parent's car's in your signatures. They aren't yours. You're probably broke and spent your last 100 bucks on a shiny CAI instead of fixing everything that's broken on your car. This is why can't afford a scan to find out why your CEL is on.

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    I forgot to mention that we checked the fuel pump already and it's fine.
    I will try and get a video soon.

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    bosch platinum 4's?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bimjam96 View Post
    bosch platinum 4's?
    please for the love of god lets hope not.
    -ducky


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    yeaaaa...i have platinum 4s.... no problems yet tho

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