i cant blieve what has happened , i changed my oil today around six , i started it when i was done and let it run for about five minutes everthing was fine .
At 10pm i go to leave and my car wont start . When i put the key in and turn it not to start but just to were like the radio would come on and all the beeping noises everything just flashes rapidly and a bunch of clicking noises like i was taking the battery cable and tapping it on the post and when i try to turn it more to srart it just makes more noises . i got it to act normal twice but then when i tryed to start it would do the same thing . I got my meter out and check my battery everything was fine . i checked the wires on the post fine , same thing with the alternator im lost so i stopped for the night . but ive been thinking i didnt check the negative cable where its grounded what do u guys think ??

 

Check battery voltage under a load (turn the car on... try to crank, etc)... it shouldn't drop below ~10V.

 

thanks anymore opinions , i have to wait until morning now i just would like to have a couple of things to check

 

bump please someone give me some ideas i just checked all my fuses the battery voltage i cant figure this out

 

I can't really understand what you're saying with those damn run on sentences. Will you calm down and explain what happens when you put the key on? What happens when you crank it? What else did you touch when you were doing the oil?

 

Alright lastnight when i put the key in and turn it one click everything just blinked really fast like power was coming and going . when i tryed to start it , it would just make more clicking noises but the noises where coming from the drivers side??

Today after going over alot of things and checking all my ground and fuses , when i turn the key it acts normal untill i try to start it then it goes back to what it was doing.

when i was under the car taking the oil filter off a wire harness was in my way so i was constantly bumping it .

right after i got done with the oil change i started the car everything was fine , then 4 hours later this happened

today i followed the harness that was in my way and checked the connections everything seems fine


1990 crx b18a1

 

UPDATE i put my meter on my battery and tryed to start no draw at all , and horn and lights dont work

what i dont get is it ran fine after the oil change , now it doesnt .

battery has full charge but no drain off of it when i try to start , and the horn and lights dont work


Modified by elrandeeto at 12:36 PM 8/8/2005

 

Errrr... has it occured to you that your battery may be stone cold dead?
Try charging it overnite or perhaps even buy a new Battery.

 

im getting 13.5 volts though , what i meant by no draw it doesnt drop when i try to start it . It cant still be messed up and show that voltage can it ?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by elrandeeto &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im getting 13.5 volts though , what i meant by no draw it doesnt drop when i try to start it . It cant still be messed up and show that voltage can it ?</TD></TR></TABLE>

13.5V is fine for no draw, but if it doesn't change at all, then somethings up. It should have some drop in voltage when you put a draw on it.

 

ya it doesnt change at all , im running out of ideas .
Im gonna try again in the morning it to late right now . I work with the previous owner and he told me something i didnt like to much the harness was made by a local performance shop to save money from buying one and well i was moving the wires around alot i hope i didnt seperate any wires , it should be put together good its a pretty reputable shop .

Im probably just worrying to much about might be just something simple im overlooking . i still cant figure out why it would run right after i got done workin on it then for hours later did this i didnt touch it for the 4 hours . oh well , ill keep everyone updated

 

wouldn't be your starter would it?? you said you heard noises, but im not sure what kind of noises. just a thought, cause when your starter's going bad, it will work a few more times before it totally goes out.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by crxdriver89 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wouldn't be your starter would it?? you said you heard noises, but im not sure what kind of noises. just a thought, cause when your starter's going bad, it will work a few more times before it totally goes out. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i thought about that , bc if it was bad it wouldnt draw anything from the battery which its not now , but from my expeince with starters its not the same noise and the wholle flickering lights and stuff and horn and headlights not working now , wouldnt be coming from a bad starter . . the clicking noise im talking about sounds like when your battery is really low like say you left your lights on and you try to start your car and the dash lights come on but when you go to start it just clicks thats what it does now .


UPDATE tonight when i got home from work i tryed starting it and all my interior lights were really dim and the 4 beeps that go off when u put the key in were really faint . i checked the battery again full charge .

 

i guess if i dont get this figured out this week im parking the car till next summer and pulling the motor and redoing everything and doing my motor build . i was gonna do this during the winter but might get an early start .

 

Check and double check your battery connections!!!

Sounds to me like the battery is fine but you are not getting that voltage where you need it..measure in a couple different spots where it would be likely to have battery voltage...check the grounds..

Should be a simple fix, huh?

 

should be ya , but its aggravating the hell out of me bc of that lol

 

Just take your time, have someone else who knows a little about cars have a look..but the symptoms you describe indicate a poor connection...but where..that's up to you to find.

 

My CRX did exactly that over a bad ground to the starter. Check it out.

 

it's the battery. replace it.

I could say ground, but you say you didn't touch any grounds since it's last start.
13.5 should be shown only if it's charging, 12v+ should be normal. I say you're doin it wrong, and it still sounds like your battery is dead. Try another one, just humor us, try a good battery. tell me what happens.

 

Of course if it's as simple as the battery terminal connections, we will never know if he tries a new battery! You could try jumping the damn thing first..

13.5 is a bit high, but I will assume that it really isn't connected well..normal should be a bit lower, 10-12 volts.

Oh, and let us know if you fix it..so many times these posts never come to a conclusion

 

i did try to jump it , i will let you know


lol i checked the terminal connections and i would let you know if it was that lol , would feel really stupid but would admit it

 

im goin to get a new battery in a few minutes . Ive been doing some searching any chance it might be the main relay . now when i put the key in things are normal , then when i try to start there is alot of clicking . My headlights still dont work and the horn only work when the key isnt on .

Ill post again after i get the new battery

 

well i replaced the battery and it still didnt work . Then i noticeed when i cleaned the terminals and the positive connector i didnt see all the corrosion on the two bolts and the wire so i took it all apart and cleaned it all and put it back together and vrooom
ITS ALIVE and im a dumbass . put the old battery back in started up to lol

 

Haha, excellent, hopefully you've learned something!

 

yes i did lol