Thread: just needsome quick advice

so today all be a crappy rainy day, i went ahead before the raib and attempted to tackle putting on a new front crankshaft oil seal. mine was leaking pretty bad and it was time. everything went really well, and nut came off fine, pulley came off fine. old seal was a pita but eventually came out. installed the new seal and then came the problem.

i installed the seal and was easy, installed the crankshaft pulley that was easy, then came the problemm i think there always has to be one or somethings not right. i was unable to torque down the pulley bolt. i dont have a impact but do have a torque wrench but shit that doesnt mean much when the fing pulley wont stop spinning. well after a little ghetto rigging the setup i was able to torque the bolt to 108lbs which is over minimum and under maximum so thats fine.

the real problem is i left my keys in the iginiton and every time i manuallly spin the crankshaft the injectors must have fired becuase i tried to start the car, no start, just backfire and sputter and wont idle, so i pull the spark plugs and they are covered in gas and obviously smell of gas.

am i gettting this right? when i spun the crankshaft with the acc on the injectors fired. i was spaced out and kept hearing the fuel pump prime but iwas so aggravated with the whole not being able to torque the bolt that i thought nothing of it.

to top it off i left and forgot to shut my hood so everything got wet. but it will dry. i am just concerned with the whole spark plugs being fouled.

do you guys think this was the case of the injectors fouling the spark plugs when the crankshaft rotated?

If anything the injectors just nee to dry and the fuel in the intake/exhaust manifolds needs to dissipate. You could always just clean the plugs with a piece of emery cloth or a fine wire brush. Let it sit for a little, then try to start it. It should be fine.

Yeah dry the plugs off as best as you can install them unplug all injectors crank it a few times then plug the injectors back in and fire it up. You may not even have to go through all that.

If you have platinum plugs, I wouldn't clean them with anything abrasive. Just let them dry and let the fuel dissipate. Then you should be able to start her up as long as water on the ignition parts is not preventing it (let them dry out and dry again later). You might get some roughness and smoke on your first start up, so keep the revs up until it smooths out. Also, you might need to floor the accelerator and hold it down to get that first start.

Good luck.