None starter

[ramzb]

In the 18 months that I've owned Silvia the only distance I've driven it is from the workshop to outside. Today I drive her outside to finally buff and polish the clear coat, when she started the engine was missing quite badly, went to start it this afternoon and the engine turned over OK but would not fire, took the plugs out and all of them were covered with what looked like thick black sludge, cleaned them off, put them back in and it still wouldn't fire. The plugs are new and were put in just before Xmas. Not being to hot on mechanics I need some advice on what the problem could be.

[PukkaSilvia]

Black thick sludge isnt too good. Light black wet coating etc could well be you engine flooded,give them a shot blast if you have a blaster.

Your ht leads could need replacing or the contacts need cleaning. Also check your dizzy cap etc.Also you probably have really really stale petrol in your tank so that wont help it too much

[reece]

I have had a similar problem with a mk1 s12 last week,which turned out to ba a dodgy air flow meter, after doing the ignition stuff I would check this

[alundra]

Don't give up!
Perhaps a RESET can be usefull ( take off the negative of the battery one night).

[ramzb]

OK, thanks for that guys, I'll try again today and get her started