spark plug wire issue, How/why did this happen rite after replacing the wire? Options

[Malhar95]

today i replaced my sparkplug wires (bosch replacement)at the autozone parking lot. i drove it back home, about half a mile away. 3 things:

1. car was alot smoother at first.

2. i floored it, shifted smooth from 1-2, then kinda took long to shift from 2nd to 3rd at ~65mph.(its auto)

3. stoped it in front of my house, i felt asif its idling weird (my friend who was at the passenger seat said he didnt notice anything.)
so i popped the hood, felt asif a wires loose, so i pulled it out and the car naturally shut off immediately. made sure all the connections were fine then tried to start it again, and my battery was too weak to start the car..

now im waiting for my brother to come for a jump.


my question is:

the battery dying, is that a coincidence, or related to replacing the wires. could i have messed anything up or not done it rite?

ive done it before so its not like i dont know how to replace wires, pretty simple but can somebody tell the process again so i can make sure im not stupid?

This post has been edited by Malhar95: Sep 6, 2011 - 2:28 AM

[HectortheRican]

I can't really think of anything that could go wrong with an ignition wire replacement short of putting the wrong wire in the wrong cylinder.

Did ya use di-electric grease? That stuff helps when you have to pull the boots back up.

[Malhar95]

I can't really think of anything that could go wrong with an ignition wire replacement short of putting the wrong wire in the wrong cylinder.

Did ya use di-electric grease? That stuff helps when you have to pull the boots back up.

no i didnt. anything negatiive?


well jump start started it, disconnected the battery negative once it started to test the alternator, still stayed on, reacted a little but still on. pluged it back up,

shut it off, started it, shut off, start . did this few times and everythings normal.


now i hear some kind of rattling when i rev the enigne,

scary part is that its very similar to my old engine when my bearings were bad. any advice. its really scary but it comes and goes. like i drove it to home depot.

no noise to the gas station,
some noise from gas station to homedepot
no noise from homedepot to neighbourhood.
some noise from neighbourhood entrance to my house.

popped the hood, asked my brother to rev it, no noise.
did it more, a little, and now it stopped.


could it be the bearings?
it does become faster when rpms increase.


could it be a bolt somewhere that got loose from me flooring the car when i was testing the wires?