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Changed spark plugs and wires and now car wont idle it dies, and after i few times of it dieing and restarting now it wont start at all, also has a hissing sound coming from engine now. engine is still shuddering when it idles or u press on the gas. its a 2005 ford escape
Re: Changed spark plugs and wires and now car wont idle...
Sounds like you got a wire or two in the wrong place. You might want to pull up the firing order for your engine, as well as a diagram depicting which wire goes where.
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First you must determine if the fuel is stopping or the spark is stopping..If the fuel is stopping this could be a computer problem.. If the spark is stopping then it could be the IGN Module in the distributer. or any nomber of sensors. Squirt a little fuel directly into the Throttle body on the intake manifold.. If the truck runs longer its probably loss of fuel.. Do this several times to make sure, be careful and only use a small amounty of fuel.. you do not want a fire.. RE: Spark: Take a plug wire and an old plug..put the wire on the plug.. hold the plug against a good ground .. have someone crank the engine .. does the plug stop firing? The engine dies.. and will not restart for a minuet or so.. during this "no start" time do the plug test. If the plug will not fire during this time take the module out and take it to Orillys Auto parts.. They can test it.. really expensive part. Don't replace until you know it is BAD..
try replacing the coil, my 2.5 did the same thing, and after changing plugs,wires,distributor,rotor,rotor button . the last thing i repalced was the coil and i have not had an issue since. all work was done about 6 months ago.
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