Car won't start after 1" of snow
10-12-2006, 09:47 AM
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Car won't start after 1" of snow
Like the topic says... my car won't start 
... Ive got spark, fuel, battery is fine... it just happened... I started it this morning at 7 and then on my way to school at around 11 i tried to start it and it wouldnt... fyi b16a2 turbonectics turbo, rc550, 3"turboback, chipped p28 uberdata... any ideas... I don't know if its just my battery not having enough cold cranks but I tried to jump it too and it would just crank and no start... anyways... thanks in advance...
... Ive got spark, fuel, battery is fine... it just happened... I started it this morning at 7 and then on my way to school at around 11 i tried to start it and it wouldnt... fyi b16a2 turbonectics turbo, rc550, 3"turboback, chipped p28 uberdata... any ideas... I don't know if its just my battery not having enough cold cranks but I tried to jump it too and it would just crank and no start... anyways... thanks in advance...
10-12-2006, 10:16 AM
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Re: Car won't start after 1" of snow (slowhonduh93)
You might want to wait until there is 2" of snow and see what happens.
Or get a pair of skis.
Check the basics first, are you SURE that you're getting spark and fuel to the cylinders?
Or get a pair of skis.
Check the basics first, are you SURE that you're getting spark and fuel to the cylinders?
10-12-2006, 10:34 AM
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Re: Car won't start after 1" of snow (locash)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by locash »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You might want to wait until there is 2" of snow and see what happens.
Or get a pair of skis.
Check the basics first, are you SURE that you're getting spark and fuel to the cylinders?</TD></TR></TABLE>
LOL!!
Yeah, there's already snow? It's only early October.
Or get a pair of skis.
Check the basics first, are you SURE that you're getting spark and fuel to the cylinders?</TD></TR></TABLE>
LOL!!
Yeah, there's already snow? It's only early October.
10-12-2006, 11:57 AM
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heres an oddball but take a look.....i ahd the same problem with my 99 hatchback...( minus the snow) and if you get fuel spark battery ect....check your fuses and relays for your ignition system....on my car my fuse box prongs were bent where the fuse ws for the ignition....so it would always just crank......Solution.....solder any fuses to make them wider and fit in.
thats my 2 sense.
thats my 2 sense.
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10-12-2006, 12:38 PM
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Re: (slowhonduh93)
I had the same problem today at lunch, turns out to be a low battery so I threw it on the charger for awhile. And one more thing to check is your main relay, the fuel pump only doesnt work when that goes out. Hope that helps.
Also luckly for us no snow or I would be screwed with my tires just 20's for temps ...
Also luckly for us no snow or I would be screwed with my tires just 20's for temps ...
10-12-2006, 01:59 PM
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I had a car that had a problem starting one time and the fuse inder the dash for the ignition coil was only making contact on one side of the fuse box.
The fuse checked fine but i took the fuse out and put power to the opposite side it fired right up.
Check the coil fuse under the dash.
The fuse checked fine but i took the fuse out and put power to the opposite side it fired right up.
Check the coil fuse under the dash.
10-12-2006, 02:12 PM
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i didnt see a fuse for the ignition... also doyou guys think it could be my rotor??... i remember something similar to this happened on my ef and that's what it was... it broke in two.. anyways... any help would be appreciated.. thanks Mike
10-14-2006, 11:45 AM
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Re: (slowhonduh93)
I did a mpfi swap and had the same problem, it turned out to be the coil (got wet and corroded)
We got 1+ feet of snow in buffalo
We got 1+ feet of snow in buffalo
10-14-2006, 12:23 PM
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Just because you have spark doesnt mean its good spark. My friends teg did that and it was a bad rotor and another fiends did the same thing and it was the coil. Honestly the only good way to see if a coil is bad it to replace it. You can ohm it out but I have seen on more then one occasion where it had perfect readings and it still was bad. SO if I were you I would charge the battery first, then replace the rotor, then the coil.
