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I have a 95 2.5 v-6 se 5 speed. Wife went to the store today and called me to tell me the car would not start.
1) repleaced plugs proir day
2) car turns over but sounds like a dead battery
3) replaced the battery same problem
4) Tried to jump start it and after getting a push (fast enough) pop the clutch out and the car come to a halt wheels just locked up?

what is the problem? I don't think the timing chain is broke? what else can it be?

If car was running fine prior to changing the plugs, I would check all of your spark plug wire connections and anything you may have moved to do the plug change.

I would think the car would still turn over?

Turn over yes , start = NO , if started not too good .

How can an engine turn over but sound like a battery problem?

Please try again and tell us what is happening.

Does the starter crank the engine?

If so, does the engine seem to crank at normal cranking speed, or does it seem noticably faster or slower?

If the engine cranks, do you have spark? To check, pull a plug wire off a spark plug and have someone crank the engine while you have a screwdriver stuck in the plug wire boot making contact with the matal part and holding part of the screwdriver about 1/2" away from a metal part of the engine. Don't hold the screwdriver by the metal part. You should see spark jump to ground as the engine is cranked.

If the engine cranks, do you have fuel? Check the fuel shut off switch and make sure it has not been triped. See your owner's manual for it's location. Someone could have hit the car in the parking lot and tripped the fuel cut off switch with no noticable evidence. Pull the cap off the fuel pressure port on the fuel rail and depress the Schreider valve (looks almost like a tire valve) and see if the fuel was under pressure. You should get a small spurt of fuel.

If the engine cranked very fast, you may have flooded the engine and washed out the rings. You can often overcome this by holding the throttle wide open while cranking to clear the cylinders of excess fuel.

Even if the engine cranks at normal speed and you suspect that the engine is flooded (perhaps from a strong fuel smell from the exhaust while cranking) it might be flooded and respond to holding the throttle wide open while cranking.

When replacing the plugs, did you need to move the coil pack out of the way? If so, did you get the primary wires properly plugged back in or did the connector drift loose.

If none of these things helped, try giving us some additional information so we can try to help.

Engine cranks for a mere few seconds then nothing, almost like there is not enough juice to turn the car over, but it does crank over for a few seconds. turn the blower on high, radio everything works. did something in the motor lock up? the clutch will engage like i said when I tried to pop start it the car just locked the wheels up.

If the battery was replaced then consider corrosion in the terminals or cables. After checking those, check the starter.

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When trying to crank it over - have someone watch the drive belt.

You may have a pulley siezed which is preventing the car from starting.

Happened to me....AC compressor siezed and the car wouldn't start...I installed a new belt that bi-passed the AC and whamo - runs like a charm.

No AC mind you but I'd rather pay the $140 over $1600 for a new compressor.

I did notice the a/c clutch starting to slow down like it was about to call it quit's, do you think that would make it so the car would not start? A frozen a/c clutch pulley?

Do you know what lenght belt you ran??