me and my friend replaced the head gasket on his 98 ex yesterday and finished up 2day we made sure everything was hooked up and p1 was TDC but i think some of the coolant from the head may be in the cylinders we checked the plugs and they were wet so i tried turning her over with the plugs removed to see if shed spit it out please help this cars gotta be running soon, any ideas how to get her going?

 

so everything is back together and the cooling system is filled? and you are getting coolant on the spark plugs? im a bit confused

 

yes and yes when i removed the head coolant spilled all over and i think the cylinders are flooded how do clear it?

 

if there is only a tiny bit in each it should be ok ..but also remember that it will also leak past the rings into the oil pan

your doing it right just turn it over with plugs out to get the most of it out
just dont go doing it for more than a minute at a time with out resting the starter as it will over heat and also drain your battery

when you think its all out put the plugs in and start it but dont rev it for a minute or so let it get the rest out 1st

 

And do an oil change right away!

 

tried this stuff and it wouldn't start still and we pulled a plug and plugged in a spark plug turns out there's not spark so we used a volt meter and checked the ignition coil fuse and some fuel system fuse both were good checked the grounds and they looked good and everything electrical looks hooked up do you guys think its the dizzy?

 

could your plugs have gotten ruined when you first started it up. Try switching for new plugs just in case. They are cheap enough to try out. I'm guessing you checked the continuity in the cables as well right? if they are fine did you hook the cables back up in the correct order?

 

did you ground the spark plug when checking for spark?

 

been awhile just thought id update found the problem. vitamin_c95 i think it may have found ground through the valve cover it was sitting on it. whatever happened tho it was the ignition coil in the distributor we bought another one on Craigslist and she fired right up.