Installed new coil, now won't start!!!

[FAST87]

Well I installed my new coil pack and ingnition module today. So when I go to start the car, all it does is crank. It started for about a second the first crank, but after that nothing. I didn't touch anything else while doing the coil install. What could be causing this? I even hooked the old one back up and all it did was crank.
thanks
chad

 

[TurboShane]

Well the simple answer would be that you hooked something up wrong other than that I can't think of anything. And I have hooked it up wrong my self and it didn't start either.

 

[squeeze87]

Make sure the fuel injector harness is plugged in properly,maybe you disconnected it. The fact that it started briefly would indicate that spark is there but no fuel. Good luck.

 

[FAST87]

I think that it is getting fuel, but I am not sure. I definetely smell fuel under the hood when I crank the car. Another thing I noticed was that two of the spark plug wires don't even snap onto the coil. They just sit there on the terminal. Would that cause no spark?
Thanks

 

[GNSS]

No spark

Check the fuse. I replaced a coil a couple of years ago and it popped the fuse.

Jeff

 

[6=8]

Check the pins!

If after checking the fuses it still does not start, you might want pull the connector to the ignition module and start inspecting... Bent pin, corrosion, socket "Pushed back" into the wiring, broken wire, etc... Follow the harness to where it may have been rubbing someplace. The problem might be obvious. I had some light corrosion on ONE pin only, and was causing a HARD TO START problem. I would wiggle the connector, and it would start right up. I found it during an Ignition module upgrade, too! (I went to type II)

If your old unit also won't even start the car now, then you probably just found the "REAL" reason you were replacing your ign module! Congratulations, it was not the coils or module! I bet you will find a wire that is bad... Was an intermittent problem before, and now that you have moved things around, it broke all the way.

On a side note, poor plug wires probably will not prevent the car from starting, but will give you poor performance. After you find the no start problem, get some new plug wires! Please don't skimp on plug wires! I like MSD 8.5, cut to fit.

 

[Roger]

I had the same problem & like GNSS mentioned - it was the fuse.

 

[FAST87]

I checked the fuse and it is fine. So now i need to find someone around my neck of the woods that knows GN's good. I have checked just about everything and still don't know what the problem is.

later

 

[FAST87]

Hate to do it, but...

TTT