Car Starting Problems

Car would either have to be running or alternator removed for bench test

check your battery connections

Turn the fuel on and then take the gas hose that connects to the carberator off and if it leaks gas then the caberator should be receiving it

The same thing happened in my Plymouth Turismo awhile back..I'm sorry to say but your engine seized..

Fuel filter was replaced less than a year ago. Battery is original, factory. Car ('02 Saturn SL1) has about 125,000 miles on it. Problem is intermittent and usually occurs after car has been running and is turned off and back on. One final note: The car will turn over, run, all electrical works, no dimming of headlights. Car can be driven but will stall when idling later. Quick fix seems to be simply turning the car off then back on immediately.

I have the same problem with my 95 Eagle. It isn't the alternator - I have plenty of power to turn the engine over. I'm not getting any spark to turn over the distributor. The coil in the distributor is good.

When replacing car parts it is important to have the diagrams for the wiring. The wiring diagram for the fuel pump of this car can be found in its maintenance manual.

Replacing battery terminals??? How did you accomplish that. Do you mean you replaced the battery or are you referring to the battery cables? If you replaced the cables are you sure you have them connected correcty and tight. Especially the ground connection. Take a reading with an ohm meter from the neg battery post to the engine or chassis. If the circuit is open, you have a bad connection.

I'm just shooting in the dark here, but it sounds like when you turn the ignition key to RUN your pump comes on for 1-2 sec then shuts off automatically? It's functioning correctly. However, if you turn the ign key to START, crank the engine and the pump doesn't come on again, then your EEC possibly is not receiving a PIP signal. Shoot a little starting fluid into the throttle body and crank the engine. If it fire's then your EEC is getting a PIP signal and the ignition system is working. If nothing happens, troubleshoot your ignition system and once that's fixed, then your fuel pump will begin working on it's own again.

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I have a 89 bronco2 with the same problem. It's the fuel pump that you here running. In my case I can't get it to stop running. I think we have a short somewhere or a bad relay. The fuel pump should kick on when you turn the key on but in my case as soon as I touched the positive battery cable to the post it came on and would not shut off.I am still looking for the problem but have narrowed it down to the pump or the wiring on the fuel system.

I had a heck of a time finding it in my 1988. Keep in mind that the engine sits in there sideways, so the "back" of the engine, or flywheel is actually on the driver's side (the front is on the passenger side). The starter for any vehicle is at the flywheel. Raise the vehicle and crawl underneath from the front on the driver's side. Look for the oil filter. Slightly above and to your left (toward the driver's side wheel well) is the starter. It looks to me like you'll need to drain the motor oil and remove the oil filter to have room to remove the starter.

The starter is in the frount up under the car towards the middle of the car it almost looks like an oil fillter but a bit smaller.

No, it is not necessary.

When you tap on the starter, what you are actually tapping on is the starter solenoid; a device mounted on the starter (on most cars) that engages the starter gear to the engine gear while simultaneously connecting battery power to the starter. When the start solenoid gets to the point where you have to tap it, the remaining life is difficult to predict because it really depends on what's going on inside the solenoid (e.g. how many start cycles it has completed, exposure to elements etc.). However, the good news is you can normally go to an electric motor repair shop and buy a new solenoid for much cheaper than the whole starter, and in many cases, much easier to replace.

it can be in two places either the fender well on the passengers side or on the

starter . you can go down to auto parts store and they can show you a picture

of what it looks like and they cost as low as $14 to $21 and take about 10 min

to install.

either your battiery is dead or your starter is going out, probably the battiery though

Passenger side, just forward of rear tire - bolted to frame

i replaced the steering colomn in 95 buick regal and now it wont even turn over.does the different key that i got with the colomn have any thing to do with it not starting.?

Depends on the year I guess. I have a 2002 Chevy S-10 and I had to remove the exaust pipe from underside of the starter and then just unbolt and remove...not hard once the pipe is off. You will need a socket wrench and a long extention to reach the bolts on the top of the pipe.

Probably not run at all, but it would also store a computer code that could be read by a code scanner.

Sounds to me like a partially clogged in line fuel filter or a weak fuel pump. Check your fuel pressure with a gauge up by the intake. Any shop can do this for you at little or no charge if you do not have the tools needed. Crank/cam or ignition modules most of the times either work all the time or don't work at all.

Defective solenoid?

Take off your distributor cap and use a blow dryer to dry out the cap and components. Its possible you have a hair line fracture in the cap.

im not getting fire to the spark plugs but the distributor is getting fire what do i do please help

The security system has activated. Wait 30 minutes and try it again with the right key.

First, turn on the headlights. Now, have someone watch them as you try to start the car; do they get dim? If so, the battery is in need of a charge; If not, you need to check your connections at the starter. You may have a bad starter, starter solenoid, or connection.