Possibly blown coil pack?

[RivalDSM]

So today I decided to get new plug wires. I did so. Installed them, went to start the car and POP. One loud gunshot sound out of the exhaust

So looked at plug wires, took them all off, double checked the firing order. Car started but it BARELY will run. And then will shut off, with no throttle response.

My assumption is I blew the coil pack and its only running off one coil pack. Seem right?

 

[blackeagle92]

Anything is possible. The best way would be to to check your coils with a ohmmeter to see if they have the correct resistance . At least to eliminate your doubt.

 

[alumascoupe]

Pull the plug wires off the plugs and install the old plug into them, ground the plug body and crank to test each coil and wires for spark. Might wanna disconnect the injectors so you don't load up on gas and pop again when she starts. To me it really sounded like wires were wrong, so often this happens during plug wire swaps. too bad it wasn't that easy

 

[KFred 513]

One coil pack runs cylinders 1&4, the other runs cylinders 2&3. If you can remove the spark plug wires from 2&3 or 1&4, with no change to the cars condition, you most likely aren't getting spark or fuel to those cylinders.

That is your first step to troubleshoot, but you may have just crossed a wire somewhere. If the car was fine before you started wrenching and isn't immediately after, you probably put something back together wrong. Recheck your firing order and report back.

Also check plug gap. Stuff gets dropped and if a plug is dropped the gap is probably non-existent.