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ucmbt@yahoo.ca wrote in
news:1147321782.662045.217340@v46g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com:


>
> 11) If I take out all the spark plugs and dry them out over night
> (they are soaked with gas), and then put them in, I can hear the engine
> cough once, then it's back to crank, crank, crank and the spark plugs
> will be soaked with fuel again. It seems like the spark plugs are not
> able to ignite the fuel, or maybe there's too much fuel?
>
> 12) About 3 months ago, car was running fine on the highway, then the
> engine stopped completely.



Describe exact occurrence at that time.



> Engine would NOT restart. Had to tow it.
> Since then, the car has sat on a flat garage floor for 3 months. Gas
> tank is 1/2 full.
>
> Please help! Any other things to check/test? What do you think the
> problem is?




You're seriously overfueling. Your plugs should NOT be "soaked" with fuel.

If removing the plugs for a while results in a "cough", then you need to
leave it longer for the fuel inside the engine to evaporate, which can take
a long time.

Part of the problem is that the fuel will get soaked up by carbon deposits
in the intake manifold, on the valve heads, around the injectors, and on
the piston tops, so those have to dry off as well. Might be worth pulling
the injectors as well as the plugs to let those parts air out.



>
> Could it be the ignitor, even though there's spark on the spark plugs?
> Could it be the sparks are not strong enough? How to test whether the
> spark is strong enough? The sparks can jump a 1/2" gap between the
> spark plug and group.



Then spark is fine. Are you sure it's TIMED correctly, though? Check while
cranking with a timing light. It ought to be between the two groups of
marks on the crank pulley.


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