I replaced the head gasket on my brothers 96 gs eclipse yesterday. the car popped the hg on the interstate, was immediately parked and towed home. We replaced the head along with the hg. When put back together it would seem to fire once and then stop. we then individually pulled out the plug wires and checked for spark. when i would turn the key all the way off and then turn it over each wire would spark 1 or 2 times and then not again until the car was turned all the way off. any ideas? I am a nissan person and this is new to me.

any help is appreciated and repped.

 

Have you tried new wires?

 

not yet, i can't imagne why they would have all of a sudden gone bad... and then to spark once and not again until the key is turned off and turned back on?

 

Try it. I know my aftermarket ones went out. So i went back to stock ones.

 

nobody has any other ideas? noone has ever had their eclipse do this shit?

 

I had a very similar issue, when I put the fuel rail on the new head, some water got in one of the injector connectors. The car didn't throw a CEL, but ran like complete ass.

If you have not already, I would disconnect the battery for at least 20 minutes to reset the ECU. Then, check your connections at the coil, check for spark on each line, check grounds. (A multimeter is your friend here, you can get one at harbor freight for something like 6 bucks if you don't have one.) Also, Make sure there is no moisture in any of the connectors / harnesses.

 

thats the plan this weekend ( car is at my grandmothers house) Imma head out there with a multimeter and try and track it down. I am hoping for some ideas to being with tho lol. I will reset the ecu first thing and see if it makes a difference.

thnx for the input.

 

still doesn't run

 

id say u look at your coils. wires. something isnt right there to me.

 

was the cam position sensor in case someone googles this thread one day.