car wont start....help
08-13-2006, 04:58 PM
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car wont start....help
ok ill briefly explain this. put the key in it primed for a few secs and then went off so then i turned it over and it souned as though the battery was dead becuase it was turning over so slow. so i never tested it, it just seem obvious that itw as the battery. so i swapped battiers out of my other car (thats all i did was swap batteries and now i turn the key and it doesnt even prime. the SRS light goes off after about 10 seconds but my check engine light stays on. i turn the key and nothing happens, it kinda sounds like when you dont have the clutch in and start the car. WHERE CAN I START?
checked power to starter.
tried new starter.
checked all fuses.
checked engine codes but there is nothing. the engine light just stays on it never blinks.
checked power to starter.
tried new starter.
checked all fuses.
checked engine codes but there is nothing. the engine light just stays on it never blinks.
08-13-2006, 05:00 PM
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Re: car wont start....help (the.hamburglar)
Bad ground or a bad cable. Did you clean up the terminals and the cable ends on that battery for a solid connection?
If nothing like that works, I suggest testing the resistance in the cables. The dealer or a website should have specs for resistance in the cables. Ill see if I cant come up with something......
If nothing like that works, I suggest testing the resistance in the cables. The dealer or a website should have specs for resistance in the cables. Ill see if I cant come up with something......
08-13-2006, 07:26 PM
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Re: car wont start....help (the.hamburglar)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by the.hamburglar »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah but my lights and radio work fine so if it were a bad connection then wouldnt these not work?</TD></TR></TABLE>
yea that is true, but if you have a high resistance on the battery cable it would still work. try to check the resistance to the cables and maybe do a cable to post voltage/resistance?
yea that is true, but if you have a high resistance on the battery cable it would still work. try to check the resistance to the cables and maybe do a cable to post voltage/resistance?
08-13-2006, 07:28 PM
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Re: car wont start....help (B18bEG6ick)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by the.hamburglar »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah but my lights and radio work fine so if it were a bad connection then wouldnt these not work?</TD></TR></TABLE>
not necessarily, the starter is a battery *****.
not necessarily, the starter is a battery *****.
08-13-2006, 09:32 PM
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Re: car wont start....help (Sleepy_Red_hatch)
its all good guys, i totally forgot about the tranny ground. i had a long wrech resting between the tranny and chassis. i guess that was a good enough ground to make the starter turn slowly. anyways i used that same wrech to take off the battery and then i put the wrench back in the toolbox. therefore i had no ground at all when i put the new battey in because the wrech was gone and the ground cable i forgot about. ahahahah. who would have thought 
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