I decided to paint my valve cover today..so I did....when I was done..I threw it back on. everything hooked up fine...I started her up, she worked but five or ten mintues later she just died on my..I have no idea what happen..its not the battery, all the electronics work.....did I put my wires on wrong...is something fucked up?..help me please...i really need it!....thank you

 

Please help....I need it bad

 

Look it over I havent messed with mine so Im not sure but I read that there are two wire harnesses that can be put back wrong I guess they are the same. I would go back and look at the wires you messed with ad check them and if two are the exact same you have a 50/50 chance they could be in backwards.

 

do you think it has something to do with the fuel injection?...I did a code thing and there was no code...the check engine light wasn't on.....

 

im as far as i knew all you needed to take off to remove the valve cover was one tiny hose and the bolts...what year is this?

 

...plus, I'm a dumb-*** and took the wires off without marking em...so did I [put them on wrong or what?

 

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apparently

 

its a 95.....like I said I took the wires off...nothing eles..I've never had a problem with it before...

 

then call someone over who "knows" what they are doing and let them check it out.. you prolly did something with thw wiring

 

not to be an *** but since when did a valve cover have wires attached to it?

 

the spark plug wires......anyways...I found a diagram and put my spark plug wires back on the correct way...the engine wills till not start....does anyone know what my problem is?.....all I did was paint my valve cover..how could it get screwed up..I'm so fustrated

 

clean away the paint where the valve cover ground is.... make sure its making a good contact...

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since a long time ago....

 

there is no paint...where my ground was was on one of the rubber gaskets with the metal top..where the front right bolt is.....do you mean the paint for under the rubber gasket?

 

this hurts.... did you pull your spark plug wires out while the car was running by any chance. This will create to high of the amprege and might cause your coil to burn. Pull your wires out with a spark plug and test to see if you are getting any spark.

 

eehhhh
you didnt paint the underside of the valve cover did you

but yeh, double check the firing order,
make sure the wires are plugged into the correct spark plug locations,
AND the correct locations on your distributor

did you monkey with the distributor at all, remove it, loosen it, anything?

 

I'm pretty sure its not the spark plugs..I had them in before I started it

 

I'm not talking about spark plugs. I'm talking about your ignitior, coil maybe wires.

Just pull you one of your spark plugs with a wire, ground it to the body and have someone turn the engine over. You can't tell what's wrong with your car you won't fix it.

 

oh...thanks..I'll try that

 

I didn't monkey with the distributor at all, remove it, loosen it, anything...I just removed the spark plug wires..there back on the right way...I'm currently trying to take the distributor cap off to see if its a burnt coil or something.....right know..I'm clueless....hopefully something works

 

what exactly is it doin' when you try to start it? I think you have something wrong that has nothing to do with your valve cover.

 

the engine rotates but does not start...its not the battery and I don't believe the fuel system because its got 1/2 tank of gas and I did a self dianosgics of the car and there was no code...the check engine light wasn't even on...but my air/fuel ratio guage says its all the way rich when I try to start it but I think thats normal...it was running fine for the first 5-10 mins then it started putting for like 3 secs and then died...so I'm clueless......

 

did you test if you are getting spark?

 

well its the spark creating the problem....I'm guessing the coil....so I'll need to fix that


Modified by JDM_lover03 at 5:38 PM 10/9/2004

 

coil time!!!

also.... check your timing belt before you buy a coil....

 

dont want to scare him but he could of had paint go into the engine. maybe he put it on too fast. correct me if im wrong , my friend had a similar problem, he put too much honda bond and it almost ruined his motor.