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Car Starting Problems
Some of the common car starting problems stem from a discharged battery, a bad fuel pump (or no fuel), a weakened starter motor, or a broken electrical connection. Checking each part will help troubleshoot why the car won’t start.
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Does starter drag? - could be defective
Does it turn over normally?- Could be injectors are flooding
Why would you see smoke when you try to jump start a battery?
Once the smoke escapes you cannot put it back!
Seriously, though, Make sure that the Ground is connected to the chassis/solid grounding point and not the battery, make sure the donor car runs for a minute or two while connected before attempting to start the dead car.
Also helps to increase the RPM of the donor car while cranking the other.
if you hear a clicking sound when you start it its your starter..check the battery to see if that's good...if its your ignition switch you might smell burnt smoke around the steering column, and to replace ignition switch is like 300 bucks.
If the car will turn over every time, or at least try, the switch should be good (it's working to make it turn over!). It sounds like a starter going out. Good Luck!
What did the check engine light codes say was bad?
What tools needed to change a starter?
Most starters have two or three bolts holding them in and one bolt holding the wire from the battery on. And you usually have to get under the car to get to it.
So...you need a floor jack, jackstands and wrenches in sizes to fit the bolts.
As for the procedure:
unhook the battery, jack up the car and put it on jackstands.
crawl under and find the starter
pull off the push-on wire that goes to the ignition switch. Unbolt the wire to the battery. Remove the two bolts holding the starter in place and remove the starter from the car without dropping it on your head.
Crawl out with it, take it to the auto parts store and trade it in on a rebuilt one.
Installation is the reverse of removal.
Where is the starter solenoid on a 92 mercury?
WHat model Merc is it? Most are on the starter itself. Look at the starter, if it has a large wire and one or two small wires the sel is on the starter, if the starter has only one large wire and nothing else the sel is somewhere else, follow the large wire and you will find it.
-- Model would be helpful to determine this for sure. But here is the best way to find it on most cars. Find the positive battery terminal (+) on the battery. Follow the thick cable coming off that. It will either go to something bolted to the fenderwell (which should have some smaller wires & one other thick wire attached to it), or all the way down to a smaller cylinder mounted o nthe larger cylinder of the starter.
Either of those is the solenoid. Ford/Lincoln/Mercury often used the fenderwell mounted solenoids on their cars.
Another option for helping find parts is to go to the auto parts store (or their website, and look up the part, then look at what the new one looks like, and try to match that to something under the hood.
you dont ... you get a new starter motor because your cylinoid is busted ..... == A better answer is you let it sit for half an hour or more while the starter cools down. It will start again when the engine cools down. The starter heats up from starting, the engine conducting heat, and from being next to the exhaust manifold. Cheap starter rebuilders do not leave enough room for thermal expansion. You have a rebuilt starter. ALWAYS insist on a BOSCH starter! You do need a new starter. I went through 2 starters before I found this out. Automatic transmission starters suffer from heat-soak, especially as they age. VW knew about this, issued a technical bulletin about it and installed hot-start relay kits on affected cars. You can easily do it yourself: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2593146 ; be sure the heat-shield is in-place as well.
Why wont your 1991 Toyota celice gt not turn over?
start at your battery check to make sure its still got some life then check the battery cables and after that go to the alternator
if it isn't any of that then check the wires.
94 Chevy corsica V6 3.1 SFI won't start engine turns but wont' turn over what could it be?
MY CORSICA, 1993 3.1 L IS FAMOUS FOR GOING THRU COIL PACKS, I KNOW IT'S BACKWARDS BUT I START WITH THE COIL PACKS AND WORK MY THRU THE TROUBLE SHOOTING STEPS, 9 TIMES OUT OF TEN I HAVE REPLACED THE COIL PACKS. CHEVY LOCATED THEM IN A POOR PLACE. TIM
If no spark is happening does that mean it could be the coil?
I would suspect you are talking about a gasoline engine and if so than yes if the coil is bad you will not get a spark. But that is not the only reason why you may not have spark. Pull the coil wire off and pull the insulation back on the end of the wire, stick a screwdriver into the coil where the wire should go, then hold the wire about an 1/8 away from the metal part of the screwdriver and have someone try to start the engine if the coil is good it should arc between the screwdriver and the wire. Be careful to only hold the insulation on the wire and the nonmetalic handle on the screwdriver, a coil can give off up 100,000 volts, it won't kill you but it hurts like hell.
1st thought is you need shims if the flywheel is hitting the starter. What is the year and model of the vehicle?
Anytime a vehicle won't start first check the battery then the gas. If neither appeared to be the issue call a mechanic.
What causes white smoke to come from an diesel mondeo exhaust during the first start of the day?
If it is only at the start of the day and disappears shortly after startup, it is just condensation in the exhaust that is burning off. Pretty normal, especially in cold or rainy weather.
well hate to tell u but it sounds like ur starter is out bro or check ur wires
What might be wrong with my 1050 JD tractor it just clicks when I try to start it?
Could be the Starter or the Transmission
Quite possibly a failed fuel pump. What you would have noticed was the engine misfiring then stalling. It happens pretty quickly and you would not hear a thing. vbd that or running out of fuel. could also be that your throttle valve cable near the carb needs to be adjusted or replaced. this would cause your car to lose power and/or delayed shifting of the the transmission, usually accompanied with a loud noise when pressing the gas pedal
How do you replace the starter in an 1989 cavalier?
Disconnect the - battery cable
Raise and support vehicle
Disconnect the wiring at the top of starter
Remove starter mounting bolts
Remove starter
How do you get top dead center on 91 mustang 5.0?
The best way ive ever found to find top dead center of any engine is to insert a screwdriver into the opening for a sparkplug and rotate the crank until the the screwdriver comes out to the farthest point. This will be the TDC of that cylinder.
Where are the glow plugs on a mk5 2.0 tdi golf?
They are under the rocker cover. You'll need to replace the rocker cover seal aswel if your replacing the glow plugs.
it sounds like either the selenoid or the switch is bad.
AnswerIs the solonoid mounted to the starter? If it is mounted to the fender, near battery, I presume you have a ford truck. Check for voltage at small gauge wire while cranking, this wire goes to ignition switch> If you have no juice, check switch on steering column, if you have juice, make sure all wires are clean and tight at sol. Apply voltage to small gauge wire conn. at sol,(wire disconnected), if the starter doesn't engage, you likely have a solonoid issue. AnswerTake it to the autoelectrician and get him to wire a relay onto the solenoid to give it a bit more juice. This is often a cheap fix. AnswerSounds similar to a problem I had with a '97 Neon. After going off the road and landing in about 12 inches of water starter began to give problems. It would go with a boost but once the ign was turned off it was dead. A friend showed me how to short the solenoid and after 10 or 12 times the problem fixed itself. With a STEEL (not chromed) screwdriver against the post of the solenoid and booster cables off the pos terminal of the battery have someone crank the engine. Only drawback is this requires 4 hands.Again, it seems like you suddenly had this problem. everything above can be the problem. But "don't put the cart in front of the horse". It can just be fuse,or a fuseable link. There are about 3 fuses, and 1 fuseable link that can cause this. DO THE EASY THINGS FIRST. Also make sure your key itself is OK, and that the chip inside the key is good before going to the above answers.
2001 jeep grand Cherokee won't start sometimes?
crank or cam shaft position sensor is sometime the issue.it will not fuel if it cannot find the position of the cam or crank
Clicking noise but engine will not turn over?
Battery, starter, starter relay solonoid, or a charging problem i.e. alternator or voltage regulator causing battery to discharge. Or bad battery cable connection or dirty or loose battery cable connections can cause this problem. Need to investigate & narrow it down.
i can start the car, and it runs for a few meters, dies out like im giving it no gas. then it will not restart. after sitting about 10 minutes or so, it will start again and is drivable for a few more meters, then dies again to have the whole process rinse and repeat itself . it also makes a loud rattling noise like the valves are rattleing and then loses all horsepower then dies. once its started back up it sounds like the lifters are tapping, and just gets louder until the car dies again. it will not idle on its own.
Why does my 1992 Chevy silverado K1500 350 crank but doesnt start?
There is a fuel pressure test port right behind the throttle body. Borrow, rent or buy a fuel pressure gauge and see if the fuel pressure is building. If not, fuel pump failure is common after the vehicle gets a few miles on it. You could TRY the filter but that's probably not the problem.
If you're building pressure, run a computer diagnostic to see if the computer has detected a problem.
