No start after spark plug change

2005volvos40t5 · Post by **2005volvos40t5** » 02 Mar 2016, 23:28

I have a 2005 S40 T5 -- I changed the spark plugs 2 days ago - after changing the plugs the car started and ran better than before-- Today i start the car it started and after 10 seconds of idling the RPMs went all the way down and the car turned off on its own -- Now the car will not turn over -- i checked for spark and YES it does spark -- i dont know if i should check spark on each plug or not but i did check it on the first plug on the left and all good -- I am totally lost as far as what is causing my car not to turn over -- Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank You

Post by **regent** » 03 Mar 2016, 08:40

I would first do a nice visual - there was something loose that eventually came off.
If it does not turn over, that would be the starter solenoid, no? Can you hear the 'click' from the solenoid when you try to start?

There are some quite helpful no-start troubleshooting videos made by rspi (Robert DIY) on youtube, you might want to check those out or just search posts by rspi in the forum

Post by **FLXC90** » 07 Oct 2017, 12:53

Check your battery voltage, and do the visual check of your connections.