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Old Aug 20, 2003 | 04:30 PM
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can it run on 6 plugs?

I'm still trying to start this damn car and have decided that maybe the plugs need to be changed again after a whole one day of cranking over. If i just replace the front six will it run?
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Old Aug 20, 2003 | 04:32 PM
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Probably, but I probably wouldn't do it. Unless it was my daily driver and I was heading STRAIGHT for napa/autozone/*companyhere*.
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Old Aug 20, 2003 | 04:52 PM
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are you replacing the front 6 because the plugs dont work? If so and you just have dead plugs in the 7-8 cylinders your car will run with only 6 cylinders but you will probably have a heavy vibration.....you definitly want to get the other 2 replaced asap. What you dont want to do is try to start the car with plugs not in at all because it makes this really loud awful noise.
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Old Aug 20, 2003 | 05:04 PM
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Just Remove the plugs and clean them up...."wet fouled" You arent leasving the back 2 because of the difficulty of removing them, are you..
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Old Aug 20, 2003 | 05:04 PM
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i ran mine on the front 6 until i took out the engine it was for about 3k miles
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Old Aug 20, 2003 | 05:05 PM
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Well the engine is working. I just wanted to see if it would start with those six before I jacked the car and replaced the other two. No sense wasting my time if it wouldnt work anyway.
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Old Aug 20, 2003 | 05:19 PM
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are you getting fire to the plugs?
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Old Aug 20, 2003 | 09:06 PM
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Getting spark and lots of fuel but no turn over. I drove it yesterday but I had to replace some stuff on it and now nothing.
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Old Aug 21, 2003 | 05:10 AM
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What did you replace?
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Old Aug 21, 2003 | 09:19 PM
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OK...now I am curious enough to ask...

If it won't turn over...how were you driving it? (Let me guess...push it downhill and pop the clutch? Please let me be wrong)

Is the starter not turning? Is there power to the starter? Is the ignition switch bad? This isn't rocket science...just troubleshooting...
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Old Aug 23, 2003 | 09:27 AM
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this reminds me of when the #8 cylinder plug popped out of the motor in my 83. i drove it like that a little, it was slower but no vibration, the only thing was it was louder then all hell, like a helicopter
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