I have a 2001 ford explore sport and we changed the spark plugs because car just died and wouldn't start bac fuel pump is OK and when we took the old spark plugs out it was filled with gas newpplugs

Asked by Brenda Jul 15, 2015 at 03:15 AM about the 2001 Ford Explorer XLS 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Was no help neither what could be wrong it
is trying to start but won't!!

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schalk answered 8 years ago

did you check if there is spark on the spark plug ends???

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Bob answered 8 years ago

You need fuel, spark and compression (air) to make an engine run. You need to find which on is missing. Is it getting spark to the spark plugs? Is it getting fuel to the fuel injectors? Does it have enough compression?

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