Ok today i did a tune up cap, plugs, wires and a rotor and when i put everything back together it wouldnt start it would crank over fast and then bog for a few seconds and then do the same thing whats going on and do i have to use dielectric grease for it to start thanks David.

 

Sounds like you may have switched some of the wires around by accident. You may want to double check the firing order.

 

well the firing order on the 3.1 is real easy..123456..lol no joke...cap plug one is front right closest to the intake...then clock wise from there.

 

No, that's not true. The position of the #1 cap terminal can be anywhere on the distributor cap. Maybe GM put them all in the same spot from the factory, but who knows what was done to the car since then! Read my last posting in this message for the full details: https://www.thirdgen.org/messgboard/...ML/000866.html

Read my 2nd & 3rd post in this message (which I link to inside the above message) to find out how to determine which terminal on your distributor cap is for the #1 cylinder: https://www.thirdgen.org/messgboard/...ML/000850.html


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