Alright, well today I did some easy work on my friends DB8. I changed his oil, Replaced his thermostat, and change his spark plugs. After i finished doing all that, i went to start his car up, and his car doesnt seem to want to turn over. For example, i would crank the car and the starter motor would spin but then it would drain the battery quickly and then rebuild energy again and still try to crank over but then drain out again. It seems as if the motor is now having hesitation to turn over. The car ran excellent before i even worked on it, so im sure there was no problems from before i even worked on the car. But i did spill alittle coolant on the starter motor, but i dont think that would have any effect on it, since it does still crank the motor. My second thought was maybe the spark plug wires are on the wrong firing order but im pretty sure they are in the correct place. I even tried spraying alittle bit of starter fluid in his manifold to see if that does anything, but it still continued its problem and not wanting to turn over. Oil level is correct, coolant level looks good, and the spark plugs i replaced were NGK R. I also had to use jumper cables to get his car cranking agian since, trying to start the car several times caused his battery to drain. Any help would be great! Btw can someone tell me the firing order, so i can recheck it again. Thanks!

 

Is there fuel on the spark plugs? Are you getting spark? If you answered yes to both then you probably have the plugs hooked up wrong. If you answered no to one of those, then thats your problem and work from there.

 

cylinders start from 1-4 from the timing belt to the distributor...and on the dizzy 1 starts on the bottem left 2 is the bottom right 3 is top left and 4 is top right..

 

did you check all the main fuses? check your battery fuse is should be a black one that saids 80

 

Did you gap the plugs? If theyre pre-gapped to the right specs did you double check to make sure theyre not making the spark jump too far?

 

Yeah, im pretty sure i have spark and fuel. But then again, i tried to listen to see if i can hear the the car prime fuel.. But i can barely hear that because his cooling fan is always running. How do i check if i have the plugs hooked up wrong?

 

Is this fuse located in the engine bay or underneath the kick panel?

 

what plugs? and the battery fuse should be in the engine bay...pull out one of the spark plugs and stick it into the sparkplug wire and touch it to your shock tower while someone cranks the ignition...see if you get any spark

 

So i figure my problem out, my friend that removed the spark plugs wires reconnected the spark plug wires all on the wrong order! I fixed the firing order and the car started right up! Thank you guys for all your help!!

 

this is why you buy NGK wires that are marked 1,2,3,4

 

If you dont know the firing order, how would that help?

 

ahaha simple fix!

 

because there is no reason to ever remove them from the distributor. You simply remove them from the head and leave them attached. therefore relieving any question about which goes where.