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Old 12-08-2004, 07:26 PM
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Default urgent: car turns over, wont fire...ground wire glows red

Yeah, I know this is gd but this is urgent I'm suppose to be meeting cray in like an hour and my car wont start.

it is a dpfi d15b2 and when i tunr it over it wont fire, but the ground wire glows red ...wtf

any ideas?

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Old 12-08-2004, 07:27 PM
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I would say something is fucked up.














Or it might be a short. :P
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Old 12-08-2004, 07:28 PM
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what have u done to it before it started
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Old 12-08-2004, 07:29 PM
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it`s oberivously a short, a short that doesn`t blow any fuse, with a super high load that it light up the wire
gotta be the circuit on the starter.
but it cranks huh
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Old 12-08-2004, 07:33 PM
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Default Re:urgent: car turns over, wont fire...ground wire glows red

well id o nt know something is fucked...

i haven't done ---- to it

it overheated hard yesterday and was running on 3 cylinders for the last 20miles so i dont know

i need this motor to make me like another 9 miles that is all i need out of her

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Old 12-08-2004, 07:36 PM
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does the wire glow if you power up the car without cranking it?
if it doesn`t then push it start :P
just make sure u don`t stall on any intersection
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Old 12-08-2004, 07:42 PM
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it turns over perfectly fine....it just wont fire

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starting fluid!

and make sure its gettin gas? pull a plug? is it the coil? -been there done that
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which ground wire is glowing? the one on the valve cover? is the big one hooked up properly? the one by the tranny.
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one off of the valve cover

there isn't one on the tranny

i might have to walk up to the store to get some starting fluid
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