I changed my spark plugs and wires today and now my car won't start. No clicking when key i turned. Car starts whirring softly when ignition is on, no change when cranked. When turned off the whirring stops and makes 3 soft clicking sounds. Two months ago when I was changing the plugs for the first time one of the coil springs stayed attached to the spark plug so I din't change that spark plug and changed the other three. Car started rough at first then no problems until now. Car had a really rough idle so I thought the wire change would address that.. Also my one of the cables on my starter ( the one that you push on to the little metal sliver) is hard to slip on so sometimes it pops off. This happened yesterday and I jacked it up and slipped it back on. THe whirring noise continues even when I disconnect said starter wire so hopefully that rules the starter out. Battery is at 12.7 vlts. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Check the obvious. Shift to park (also try neutral) If you jump from the battery to the starter directly if it turns then you may need to replace the solenoid. It may also be an ignition that needs to be replaced.
@ MIkadot,
trying the shifting solution
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So the head has been heli coiled because of a stripped spark plug hole? I dont know why you are changing spark plugs so often. In any case, the rough idle was from the plug that has the heli coil. it is not sealing all the way. The description you give now leads me to believe that the sound is from the fuel pump of another motor sensor. The first thing to do is check the battery and all the cables. If you are turning the key and it wont crank at all, there is either a problem with that wire on the starter or an issue with the nuetral switch or something similar.
Testimonial: "Thanks very much for your insight. Whats a heli coil? Sorry. When the starter was out yesterday there was no sound at all when I turned the key, now it has the slight whirring noise, even when the starter is disconnected. I have the battery charging and to test the neutral switch thing I just put it in neutral and crank? And I often run the car on low fuel(unforgivably), so that would mess up the fuel pump I'm guessing. Does the fuel pump require a shop fix?"
SOURCE: 2000 Mitsubishi Mirage DE dies when idling
with the battery fully charged try scraping the positive over the terminal on the battery and see if it sparks like a draw is sucking out amps if theres no draw on the battery it wont spark at all (good) if it sparks (bad) you have something grounded and killing your battery.. gl
SOURCE: the check engine light comes on and then the engine dies
If you check under the hood and see if the fuel pump relay is clicking on and off. This may be your problem.
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@Brad Brown Thanks very much for your insight. Whats a heli coil? Sorry. When the starter was out yesterday there was no sound at all when I turned the key, now it has the slight whirring noise, even when the starter is disconnected. I have the battery charging and to test the neutral switch thing I just put it in neutral and crank? And I often run the car on low fuel(unforgivably), so that would mess up the fuel pump I'm guessing. Does the fuel pump require a shop fix?
@ Brand Brown Looked it up, hasn't been heli coiled to my knowledge.
heli coil... heli is short for helical (spring or screw shaped)
I think the heli coil he is refering to is the lock washer looking device at the base of the spark plug
oh they had the little washers on them, the only hing different about the plugs is that I had to manually screw on the little metal tip at the opposite end of the sparking part. Fist time it came unscrewed for me.
When you said coil springs stayed attached to the spark plugs, it was my impression that the spring was on the threaded part of the plug that screws into the block
Sorry no, it was the the little metal clamp inside the coil that stayed attached to the opposite end of the threaded part.
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