guys i didnt start my car for like 4-5 days..

now it wont start


my dad thinks its the battery..

what could it be?


it sounds pretty bad when u try to crank it..


sometimes it doesnt even sound..

like theres no cranking when i turn the key..

i leave it for a sec then it cranks again.... but very slow and slugish almost like its dying..

it was heaps fine before..

i dunno what happened


thanx for the help guys

 

Sounds like a dead battery if its cranking slow. These engines take a bit of umph to get them to turn over quick...How old is the battery? If its not too old, I would say maybe the car has a short or a slow drain that killing the battery somewhere, assuming its the battery. Get a new battery and try that, have someone jump you and try that, or if all else fails, push start it .

~T.J.

 

Yeah, what he said...

 

-error

 

i dunno how old the battery is.. i think its pretty old..


bought the car second hand.. at a good price..

its a good car too..

runs nice..

just today i cant start it.. after i didnt start it for like 4-5 days..

if it was the battery though.. i wonder wat could be draning it?

nothing is on

 

i had the same problem, but i was the stupid one who chills in my car smokeing listening to the radio draining the battery, even knoe its gonna drain i still continue, so every time i need to go somewhere i just tell my friend to jump start for meeh, my question is can i just recharge it and it wou ld be okay? or would i have to get a new battery really dont care what i have to do so yeah. and my friend told meeh about putting a motorcycle battery, has any one done so, or would it be to weak to start it up?

 

Buckaroo...

When you're spinning the starter and there's no cranking sound, but the engine is turning, you've flooded the engine. Go get some MMO, Marvel Mystery Oil. Any auto-supply house should have it, we carry it at the Sears Hardware where I work. Take out one plug from each housing. You'll find 'em wet with fuel. squirt some MMO into the plug holes, at least two tablespoons full. Dry off the plugs and put 'em back in. If you've run the battery down you may need a jump start, but keep turning over the engine till you start. Floor the pedal.

Once started it will smoke like crazy, see my avatar. That's Okay, and good for your engine. The MMO is cleaning the rotors and the housings. In a little bit it goes away. Next thing to do is get some new plugs, and a new distributor cap, and rotor. Electrics are important to all cars, but especially to rotories.

A tip of the 'ol Stetson,
Denny,
From the 'ol Corncrib...

 

Hey Denny, did you ever sell that SE?

 

Nope....

My '85 SE runs like a bullet, but I wanna tackle the oil cooler hoses, and get the injectors cleaned. blueprinted, and balanced...

The '84 SE just sits at the moment.....It's the one we're tring to sell. We start and run 'er once a week, but otherwise she's just waitin' for a home....

Denny,
From the 'ol corncrib....

 

It's probably just a dead battery, kiddo. Nothing to panic over. Get a jump start, if you can -or- put a battery charger on it for a few hours and see what happens.

If it starts up okay after that, but the battery goes dead again after sitting a few days - the battery's probably shot. As to what drains it... a battery with a shorted cell drains itself over a short time.

Also, since you're not actually driving the car yet - just starting it every so often - you gotta let it run long enough to fully recharge the battery each time. Otherwise, you're just adding to the problem.

 

oh damn..


thats wat 82transam told me too..

since i dont have my license yet..

i just start the engine u know every 2 days.. to stop it from clogging up..

but at the same time im not starting it long enough to let it charge

 

That's part of the problem.

 

yep, shitty battery thats not getting charged, its almost definatly the problem.

 

DAMN i just looked if the lights are working..

they are working..

so maybe its not the battery? fawk me dead

 

The battery may have enough current to run the lights, but still, it takes a LOT of current to start a car.

 

By the way, check the fluid level in the battery and add water or battery acid accordingly, unless you already bought a new battery.