now car wont start
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now car wont start
ok the day before yesterday i went to go to work but the clutch went straight to the floor and i couldnt crank the car in any gear but neutral and def couldnt go into any gear. long story short it turns out to be leaking clutch fluid, i fill it up and pump the clutch and fires right up in any gear and runs fine and shifts fine, i didnt take it anywhere but that night 10 hours later i go to take it for a spin and guess what it wont crank at all now, has a very weird crank sound its constant like keeeeeeeeee not kekekekekekek, i tried the 3 step unflooding procedure with no luck, still makes the same noise, the motor is fine, runs strong as a bitch... could it be the starter now? how do i test that? any suggestions would be great... thanks in advance
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When the starter gear noise is nearly constant, with no compression surges, you have flooded.
You need to get some oil in the chambers to make compression to start.
If it's not too bad, cranking with the EGI fuse out & the throttle floored may do it.
Also the battery will need a fresh charge or a jump.
Crank for 10 seconds, then let the starter cool a minute.
when the rrrrrrrrrrrrrr becomes rrRrrRrrRrrRrrRrr, you're ready to put the fuse back in & try it.
You need to get some oil in the chambers to make compression to start.
If it's not too bad, cranking with the EGI fuse out & the throttle floored may do it.
Also the battery will need a fresh charge or a jump.
Crank for 10 seconds, then let the starter cool a minute.
when the rrrrrrrrrrrrrr becomes rrRrrRrrRrrRrrRrr, you're ready to put the fuse back in & try it.
Last edited by SureShot; Jan 23, 2004 at 02:45 PM.
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wait.... is the starter spinning freely.. I mean, is the engine turning at all??? (get some to look) even flodded my cars have always had some lope to the start up sound... if it aint movin and its makin that noise.. you need a starter!!!
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1.3L is not that small
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From: Nacogdoches Tx
the motor is turnin just not catchin or at least it was last night ill look again today, im redoing the spark plugs and wires and then gonna see what exactly the compression start is... thanks guys keep it comin
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dude. My car flooded the day I bought it and i ended up sitting around at the former owners house playing N4SU for an hour because we were to lazy to wrench on it. That night i put in a fule pump kill switch and have never had a preoblem since. Although, it could have been the unplugged spark plug causing the flooding in mine.
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1.3L is not that small
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From: Nacogdoches Tx
ok i think the car is def flooded now... the day i got it to crank and go into gear i was so happy that it worked and i didnt have to do a clutch and pressureplate swap that i just killed the car.... **** damn oops i killed the car in 40 degree weather within a min of starting it, its def flooded like i said and im gonna fix it next week when i get some new spark plugs in and some other goodies
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