mattbeezy

so i have a 1990 integra 2dr ls and i just replaced the starter like 2 days ago because i thought the last one was messed up but today i did a small burn out and after i parked my car and tried to turn it back on..it didn't start with the new starter..I THOUGHT I CHANGED THE STARTER AND FIXED THE DAMN PROBLEM? now why wont it start? did my burn out do something? any ideas fellas? what to check? i mean it was working fine for 2 days when i changed it then after the 2-5 second burn out it just didnt work again...its not the battery cuz clock and radio and lights are okay..spark plugs were recently changed..iono..HELP ME!

csmith21

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Check your signal wire going to the starter. the smaller one, sometimes they come loose and your car won't start.

mattbeezy

is it cuz i burned out, thats why its loose? but since it died i was able to start my car luckily twice(once, then again after couple min) after waiting like 30 min...but i turn it off right after it starts and then it wont start again..

csmith21

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What does it do when you turn the key and it won't start? Does it turn over or does it just click?

mattbeezy

it just clicks..whats turn over me?

da9licious

you might also want to check your engine to chassis and battery grounds i had that problem on my da it wouldn't start because the engine wasn't grounded well

VPDave

try the 4 ground wires on the thermostat housing where the lower radiator hose goes on the motor...and the big fuses in the fuse box under the hood.

mattbeezy

well how will i go about doing that? and know if its bad or good or not?

VPDave

Some times the ground wires will rip because they are old, and there is a little piece of copper strip in the fuse that will look fried...I am sure you would figure it out if you looked at it.

mattbeezy

IN ALL THAT GUESS WHAT FELLAS?!!?? with that stupid starter acting up or whatever was...my car GOT STOLENNNNN!!! right in front my house...the police came ringing our doorbell to have found MY car in oakland..im guessing the starter worked once like i said earlier then it stopped somewhere and it didnt work again..iono..like how the hell do they break into integras so easily? i had a alarm..but i guess it wasnt good enough.

slomofo

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Damn, that's shitty.

MD426

Sucks it got stolen and now being recovered. but as far as it not starting, my car did the same thing, battery was fine everything was working great the day before and it would not crank. It would just click, no CEL or anything. It took me the better part of 2 days to find out that it was simply the ground wire for the starter. My ground for the starter is a push connector, some how it popped off and looked in tack because of the boot on the connector hiding it. The ground wire is a real pain to get to because everything is in the way and it's small are hard to push back into the connector.

System Lord

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I have had that annoying problem for about a year tried everything and it still happens I just live with it and I know how to get it started when it acts up. I pertty much gave up trying to replace parts an diagnosing it lol. let me know if you ever fig. it out

mattbeezy

well a friend told me that it would be the main relay...i didnt try it yet cuz this stupid weather but ima look into it..i hope thats the problem..but how would that main relay thing get messed up from me doing a small peel out?

System Lord

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it is not the main relay Ive done that. and it is not the grounds or starter or battery or fuses or dizzy iv done swapped or replaced everything at one time or another lol

keep me posted tho

mattbeezy

did u try the fuel pump?

System Lord

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Yea 250 walbro.

mattbeezy

lol i found the problem..my connector was loose

koco

What will you use for vehicle recovery now that the starter works all the time?


Sometimes the positive battery cable that goes to the starter gets rotten inside and causes the same problem. It will look good on the outside like a rotten potato. I've seen it happen a couple of times.