Ok guys i need your help on this one. My car is in very bad **** right now. I tried to start it this morning and it wouldnt start! Sometimes it would rev a little or watever but then it would die. Sometimes it wouldnt start up at all likeit wouldnt do anything! omg guys please help me this is my daily driver and i dont wanna take the bus or anything so any help would be great. Thanks in advance!

 

im no expert or anything but check your belts... you could be havin major slippage

 

belts seem fine but thanks for your help, any more ideas?

 

weak battery?

alternator?

they are just guesses.

 

my dad and i narrowed it down to the alternator but a weak battery could be one...but then again wouldnt that mean that the electronical stuff in the car wouldnt work?

 

umm if its in REALLY cold weather it will do that. I let my car sit for a week in subzoero weather and when i tried to start it it shook and died, and then once i cranked it again it idled like **** and no oil pres above 30psi for like a min... then it slowly got better. In cold, it will seem like EVERYTHING is wrong.

 

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no. things in the car will work even with a bad battery.

see if you can jump start the car and if that works. once you start it remove teh cables, and if the car shuts off its your alt. if it stays running your battery either is bad or may have just drained.

you can either let it charge and test it, or you can take it to a shop for a load test on your battery and also your alternator.

i would not automatically assume the alternator is bad.

 

Most major car parts stores will test (and recharge) a battery for free. Just got to lug it in to them. I'd do that. I thought my alternator was bad on my teggy but it ended up just being a bad cell in the battery.

So get that battery tested first.

 

yeah check all your electrical components and GROUNDS

 

ok guys thanks for all your help, im getting my car towed to a shop now :S

 

I think it might be the igniter/dist. cap/rotor. Keep us informed.thanks

 

ok the tow truck guy said he was gonna be here but hes not here yet so we're trying to start the car again and still nothing. So we call the guy and no one answers. WTF!?!?

 

i'm sure the bus transportation in madison, wi isn't too bad i'm sure you'll be ok for a day or 2

 

I used to have a 95 Jimmy, the Alternator went out in it.... and ALLLLL the electrical stuff in the car stopped working. I didn't have any gauges, lights, or anything. I was in bad shape. Given, the Jimmy is a domestic, you might be having the same problem. What year is your car? If it is newer, i'd say from about 95 and up, it may cause your gauges not to work. Keep it posted.

 

yea chill a bit, it'll be aite
As everyone posted, it shouldent be anything 'VERY VERY BAD!!!'
Deep breaths

 

lol i kno its not very very bad but its bad lol. And i have a 94 integra gsr so yea, that could be it too.

 

i had two cars already had the screw in rotary button come out.... sit and idle fine....soon as u touch gas it would cut off....

 

the guy prolly didnt answer because he was on the way. So what was it?

 

this may be a really dumb answer but check if theres water in ur spark plugs when i had my si i would turn on the car and it would die and when i tried to rev it didn't do anything but sit there

 

the guy picked up my car today and hes checking it on tonight or tomorrow. He took a quick look and doesnt kno wats wrong so he has to like find out later. Ill keep you guys posted as much as possible. Thanks for all the info to.

~Eric

 

man...it'll suck if it's something simple like something was lose or a low battery and had to pay all that money for a shop to tow and fix it.

 

tell me about it but no worries for now. My friend has a 3000Gt so we were out and about doin our thing. Raced a few riced out neons and boy were they cocky revving and **** lol. But sall good cuz we beat them. Well i find out about my car tomorrow so till then guys bye.

~Eric

 

ok wow it looks like i need to replace my distributar cap, spark plugs, head gasket, and oil filter + the guy is gonna do an oil change, clean the block and pick me up to pick up the car for only 230.00. I think that is a good price. The guy told me that when he went to take out the spark plug wires and plugs there was oil everywhere lol. Best thing i can have my car back tonight. o yes!

Imma recommend this shop to you guys in madison.

Libby's Garage
918 Stewart Street
Madison, WI 53713

The mechanic is named Joel Duensing hes a very good guy so go there for your stuff!

 

Thats good and its a really good deal for the work he is doing.

 

ummm why does the headgasket need to be replaced? If you have a blown headgasket, I would think that there are other things that need to be checked out to find out why the headgasket blew.

For only $230 I would be EXTREMELY wary of the quality of work and attention to detail this guy has. Usually it costs $300-$500 just to change a timing belt, but this guy is going to pull the entire head?