I am working on an intermittent no-start problem. I had the starter off and took it to Advance to have it tested, by the time I had it back together it was dark. After getting the van started with the hood still up I noticed some light coming from the engine compartment. Looking closer I found that two of the front three plug wires were arcing to the exhaust manifold. The arc is jumping from the bottom of the metal tube that goes around the plug ends. These are brand new wires so I'm thinking the only problem could be that the wires aren't crimped good enough. Sound right? Has anyone else seen this?

The van stalled in a heavy rainstorm last month and I'm thinking this may be why.

 

cheap *** wires give you cheap *** performance...

 

Remove the plug wires and use dielectric grease to seal both ends where they go on the terminals.This should help.Be sure the boots are all the way down over the plugs and coil terminals.

 

Grease took care of it, should've done it to begin with. [:@]

Side note: intermittent start was the starter. I thought is was contacts, replaced the ignition switch: still have the problem. Can't get a solenoid rebuild kit so I had to buy a whole starter; problem is gone.