I just got done finishing up putting in a new radiator and now the car won't start...It turns over fine, but then it dies...I havent driven it in about 3 days while I have been working on this. Any ideas??

 

is it getting a spark and what do you mean it dies right after you start it it turns over and starts or does it just crank over

 

Did you forget to plug a sensor in?

 

The low water sensor if it's not plug in that'll do it. belive it or it happened to me

 

thanks for the responses, guys. The car will start, but it dies after about a second or two. The best way I can think to describe it would be that it can't hold an idle. Im pretty sure I plugged everything back in...Hopefully I just didnt get the sensor all the way in or something. I'll have to look at it tomorrow.

Any chance that it could be the opti? I sure hope not...

 

did you spill coolant on the opti? that'd be kinda hard to do since you have to drain the radiator by the valve on the bottom, but uh, i guess it's possible..

 

can you keep it going by keeping your foot in it. if you can and the motor jumps around alot you might have a miss because you spilled on the opti or disconnected a spark plug or coil alos check if she shooting any codes

 

pull the wire off on the coil and take a wire brush, clean off the white corrosion. then put the wire back on. I noticed when I changed my coil the other day my wire wasn't all the way on and it idles a little low. I bet you could have hit it a few times taking the radiator out. Very easy to do....

 

if it won't hold an idle, perhaps you didnt' plug in your MAF sensor, or some sensor around there. I did that once (wasn't doing my radiator though)...