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

2004 PONTIAC SUNFIRE
147,980 MILES • 2.2L • 4 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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STEELER776
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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.
Oct 28, 2020 at 6:59 PM
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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
Oct 29, 2020 at 5:54 AM
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