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Old 07-02-2003, 01:11 PM
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Alright, my ex-girlfriend's car won't start. When I turn the key, it sounds like it's going to turn on, but when I stop turning the key, the car just shuts off. I'm thinking it's the distrubutor. What can I do to check it. What else do you think could be wrong w/ it? Thanks
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could be fuel as well
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There's plenty of fuel. My fiend turned on the car, while he was doing so, I opened one of the spark wires. I didn't see any spark coming from the sparkplugs. What could be wrong. The car sounds like it's gonna turn over, but it won't stay on. I tried to gas the car while i turned the ignition but still no luck. Please help.
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borrow a distributer from a friend's car and see if it works.
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is it trying to crank at all? maybe starter problems?
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get a voltmeter and check the battery, then try to crank it over and have someone check the to see what the volts jump up too. if its real low like 3-4v. before and during the crank over you need to replace the battery and hopefully that should solve your problem, similar situation happend to me
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If you didn"t get any sparks from the distrubutor while trying to strar its your distrubutor.
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i got new spark plugs, and the car still didn't start. I'm gonna get my friend's distributor, and see if that works. Any other ideas?
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check your ignitor with a meter i had the same problem and the ignitor was dead

good luck
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