car starts but turns of:HELP NEEDED

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car starts but turns of:HELP NEEDED

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ok heres the deal, i got to turn on my car today the but the problem is that it only stays on for ten seconds.it also turns right off after you try revving and white smoke comes out om the intake(trhottle body).
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p.s. how would the car sound if the timing is off , or what would it do??? :evil:

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by the way i drive an 86 corolla gts

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Check and make sure that all connectors are plugged in..... grounds on.... etc. etc.
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how do you know its coming out of the throttle body you should have a afm and a intake pipe on the throttle body that would keep smoke from coming out

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well the air filter is off as well as the intake pipe, i alredy conected all grounds

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that's why then... the afm isn't plugged in or at least connected to the rest of the intake.
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ok il try doing that right now.

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yeah without the afm/intake pipe hooked up the car will not run

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ohhhhh ok, would it help to put on the header :D

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it'll run without it but probably not a good idea for the neighbors
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and why is that not good with the neighbors?

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I think it's too loud. :P

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heheheheh, just a lil,
welll im going to get the rest of the parts i need, hopefully it will stay on.

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