Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting Car wont turn over????? HELP

I started my car on sunday and went to my cousins(10 min drive), went fishing all day(13 hours) when we got back, i hoped in my car and tried to start it. It wouldnt turn over. Put a gallon of gas in it because gas gauge was low and still nothing. Monday i go back and pull the spark plugs, gas soaked. so this kinda said "Flooded". pulled them last nite and let it sit over nite and all day today, got back around 5:30 and installed plugs and tried to start it, still wont turn over. pulled a plug and it has gas on it. New fuel filter was put on, and i hear the fuel pump kick on, why am I getting fuel stuck in my cylinders and what can i do to get it to start? Are my injectors bad? Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated right now. Also, the thought of it being hydro-locked came up, opened the fuel pressure release valve and tried to get any air out of the line, still nothing. and my fuel relay switch is fine. also changed the oil saturday nite but started right up, dont think there was anything i could have hit when taking the oil filter off or anything to mess the car up but thought i would toss that out there.

99' SVT 83,000 miles

To me "turn over" means the starter engages and "turns over" the engine. Do you really mean "turn over" and over, never starting up? Your injectors would not all fail at once. Could be low fuel pressure (can check with a gauge on the fuel pressure valve you checked before) also you might have lost ignition from a failed crankshaft position sensor or camshaft position sensor or coil pack. You should scan for the OBD codes, a code scanner costs 80 bucks or less.

yes the car tries to start like normal but doesnt fire. pulled plugs and wet from gas which leads me to believe flooded but cant get fuel out of cylinders. getting spark from plug boots which leads me to believe that the coil pack is fine as well.

Ok, here we go, car isnt starting still, it is trying to fire more but still wont. I've changed the crankshaft sensor, cam shaft sensor, fuel filter, spark plugs are roughly a month old. Getting spark but I wonder, is it enough spark. All fuses are fine. Could the coil pack give spark but not enough to combust the gas? We are basically lost now.

How would the ECT prevent it from firing? Also, I've changed now the following on the car:

spark plugs (month old)
Spark plug wires
Coil Pack
Camshaft Position sensor
Crankshaft Position sensor
Fuel Filter

I hear the fuel pump kick on and I'm still getting gas in the cylinders. Finally got it towed to my house so i have more time to work on it but the constant starting is draining my battery. Would changing my spark plugs again(so they are fresh) help since the others have had so much gas on them? Any other suggestions?

Yes, that would help, and recharge the battery after each session of troubleshooting. Or just let the plugs dry out and the engine might too (overnight). The ECT would mainly affect how much gas goes in when the car is warm, it will run (but too rich) with it unplugged. Watch out, the cooling fans run and cel light comes on if you unplug the ECT. Sometimes the compression of the engine drops if it is badly flooded and it won't start, and you have to put oil in the cylinders. (Maybe one of the CEG'ers who had the compression problem is reading this?)