Car won't start after knock sensor replacement

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redZENKI
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I recently replaced my knock sensors using Paranoidjack's tutorial. Put everything back and now car won't start. It cranks over and the motor turns but doesn't start. There's also fuel coming out from my throttle bottle and leaking through where the intake is connected to it. I pulled the spark plugs and they're dry. Battery is good. Fuel pump works. Anyone have any ideas?


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Missed a fuel line or you hooked up the T/B coolant line to the fuel system and vice-versa...

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goody90q45
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Did you do any injector work while the intake was off? Fuel out the throttle body usually means that an injector isn't seated properly and fuel is flowing past the lower o-ring into the cylinder chamber. Pull the fuel pump fuse and crank the engine to clear the cylinder and see if it doesn't start for a couple of seconds.

redZENKI
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Car started. The motor was flooded, but idles wierd. It was high at about 2000 rpms, then slowly dropped down to about 1100-1000 rpms. After a few minutes, it jumped up all the way up to 2000 again. Any know what the deal is? Hasn't gone down and has been about 7-10 min

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Did you clean the EGR valve and tube, the IAC valve, the plenum and lower runners, and the throttle body?

redZENKI
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Cleaned everything except the IAC and the EGR valve. Is there a way to take apart the EGR valve? I didn't clean the IAC as I didn't have a replacement gasket for it, but will do it today.

I took the car down the block and the car was picking up speed up to almost 30mph without me pressing on the gas! I thought since the idle dropped down to about 1000rpms earlier that the throttle cables were fine, but im gonna try to re-adjust it.

Engine light also came on, but it was too late to get it checked out. The car also started to idle a bit rough as well once it came on. Checking it out at Autozone later today.

Thanks so for with all the help guys.

redZENKI
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Idles fine now after adjusting the throttle cables. I checked the codes and they were:
P0100 = Mass Air Flow (MAF) Circuit Malfunction
P0134= O2 Sensor Bank 1 Sensor 1 No Activity

I cleaned the MAF sensor and connector with cleaner, then cleared the codes. Codes came back after a few minutes of driving. I'm guessing the MAF sensor is bad and causing the O2 sensor code to go off. Anyone have any other input to add before I go and try to replace the MAF sensor?


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