Weird... Wont Start... D16z6
 

So I went to the mall today, and was kind of worried that my car might get stolen. (Yes, this is a ghetto mall) So I popped the hood, and pulled out one of the spark plug wires. And went on with my business at the mall. When I came back, I started the car not realizing that I forgot to insert the spark plug wires back into the dizzy and into the cylinders. So the car sputtered for less than 2 seconds and I quickly turned it off. Then once I plugged the spark plug wire back in. I tried to start the car, and it still wouldnt start. I thought maybe I touched some other wires but I checked and even tripled checked. I didnt touched anything else but the spark plug wire. It cranks and cranks, it just would not start. It was working fine before I took the spark plug wire out. I think maybe I fried the dizzy because I let it run for a few seconds. Anyone have any insight to this?

Re: Weird... Wont Start... D16z6
 

anyone?

Re: Weird... Wont Start... D16z6
 

change distributor coil

Re: Weird... Wont Start... D16z6
 

X2. The job of the coil is to produce enough voltage to jump across the gap of the spark plug. When you introduce a larger gap (spark plug wire off and the plug gap now) the coil, which was likely already weak to begin with, stops working.

Re: Weird... Wont Start... D16z6
 

any other possibility?

Re: Weird... Wont Start... D16z6
 

There are tons of other possibilities yes, but the coil makes the most sense.

Re: Weird... Wont Start... D16z6
 

it was the ignition coil after all...

Re: Weird... Wont Start... D16z6
 

Nice! Glad you got it back up and running.