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"lxafall02" > wrote:

> Allright I have already cleaned the terminals and my distributor is good.
> My battery checks out. all my interior lights, and even my a.c. come on
> when i try to start it. it won't even turn over and try to start. it
> clicks like there isn't enough power in the battery and then it will die
> out if i leave the key in the ignition. sometimes the negative terminal
> sparks and then when it sits it gets hot. However when i go to jump start
> the car, it clicks and everything dies out anyway. there is also a clicking
> noise coming from this round thing that has the throttle cable going
> through it. I'm not sure what the part is, but it makes a clicking noise
> a few seconds after the car is turned off and doesn't die it will make
> that noise. someone told me something is arching and I need to find out
> where it's doing that. I was also changing my oil and filter and some of
> my spark plugs had oil on them. It might have been because there was too
> much oil put in before I got it. It had over 6-7 quarts. I'm stuck and
> out of ideas. what is happening, can anyone tell me?! any ideas?

Sparks at the negative terminal isn't good.
Probably a loose or corroded connection.
There may be hydrogen gas in the vicinity of the battery, you'd
be courting disaster when the hydrogen gas and spark meet up with
each other. Correct the sparking condition before you blow the
battery up and shower yourself and your underhood with battery
acid!

Watch the dome light while you attempt to crank the engine, if
the dome light goes completely out, you have a dead battery, a
very high resistance connection somewhere or high current draw in
the starter motor. If the dome light doesn't change intensity,
there is an open circuit somewhere to the starter.

It's entirely plausible that during your repair work, you had a
light burning (possibly the under hood light or left a door or
the trunk open) for an extended period of time and killed an
already marginal battery or that combined with some heavily
corroded battery cable connections.