Ignition wires plugged into wrong hole...Damage?
 

Hi guys,

I wonder if anyone can help? I by mistake plugged my Ignition/Spark plug wires into the wrong hole on the distributor...I tried cranking the car but obviously it would not crank/turn over...

I realized my mistake and put the wires into the correct hole. All is fine now. My question Is have I damaged anything?

Many thanks...


Zak

No ... except perhaps for the wires pulling them back out of distributor.

No. It will just will greatly misfire when plugged wrongly.

On some cars with OBD II you may set a code for a misfire. It most likely will reset itself after so many successful runs once the misfire disappears.

The only "danger" of cranking when sparkplug wires are being manipulated/moved around is if you leave one disconnected the spark may discharge between the ignition coil windings and damage the coil as it has nowhere else to "go".

Sounds to me that you'll be fine.

Thanks for the reply guys...

So in no way does this damage the engine?

Noooo, the engine is fine, just a bit confused but will be OK after awhile:P
Gilly