Cranks will not start and it sounds like it is sucking in air

Tiny
STEELER776
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  • 2004 PONTIAC SUNFIRE
  • 2.2L
  • 4 CYL
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 147,980 MILES
I bought this car to fix up and re sell. Well, today I did a bunch of work to it. I changed the instrument cluster due to the gauges not working, changed the valve cover gasket, and spark plugs and coil pack. I did notice when I removed the old spark plugs that one of them was cross threaded, however the new spark plug went in fine. But now that I'm all done, when I try to start the car it will crank but not start and it sounds like it's sucking in air somewhere. Kind of stumped.
Thursday, October 29th, 2020 AT 1:59 AM

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Tiny
JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Hi,

Did you reconnect everything as far as the air intake and any vacuum hoses? Also, have you checked if you have spark to the plugs? Take a look at this link and see if it helps:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-cranks-but-wont-start

Let me know. If you can, record the engine cranking and upload it for me to hear.

Joe
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Thursday, October 29th, 2020 AT 12:54 PM

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