RotaryMaybe

ok..i just bought my fd..everything seemed fine...i just tried to take it out and my car won't start....im trying to get jumper cables but and idea what it could be besides the battery.?? when i try to start it ...it feels like it wants to start but it just dies and dies....what could it be???

Rx-7$4$me

Does the motor turn over? If it doesnt, can u hear the starter trying to engage? It will sound like tic tic tic tic tic. If not then your battery is probably just completely drained lacking power to run the starter.

RotaryMaybe

i hear a tic tic tic...and it will actually go faster and faster.....is it the battery?? could it be something else?? i hope it's nothing major

Rx-7$4$me

get those jumper caples on there. Make sure that battery has plenty of juice in it.

So hook up the caples, start the other car, and let the other car charge your battery for a few min, then try firing it up.

RotaryMaybe

i also here the engine trying to start...i almost think it can but just a tic tic tic....but doesn't completely die out

Zyon13B

Try jumping it first.

RotaryMaybe

after i jump it, should i replace the battery?

Rx-7$4$me

how long inbetween starts did it sit? If it was a while it could have drained. did u make sure u didnt leave lights on or anything?

RotaryMaybe

man..i know i didn't leave anything on....it's been sitting since wed...dou think it might be a loose contact or something?

Rx-7$4$me

How old is the battery? are the terminals clean?

SilverRX7

This is the same as my problem potentially... HELP!!!


https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hreadid=205451

RotaryMaybe

ok...basically i heard it wrong, the engine is actually turning...everything else works...AC, healights...but the engine just won't start.....but there's no tic tic tic...just won't start....still try and jumpo?

Rx-7$4$me

so the motor turns over??? U need to check for spark and fuel then.

Rx-7$4$me

is it like a chug chug chug...chug...chug...........chug........ and then stops turning over? if so, then yes try jumping it

RotaryMaybe

yeah ...it chugs and chugs then less less...chug rate gets slower

Rx-7$4$me

yup. thats battery. does it fire up sometimes?

Get it jumped.

911GT2

Could be flooded too. If you start the motor and then turn it off really quickly (like within a couple a minutes) it'll flood.

Is it a manual? Try push starting it, that cured my flood problem.

RotaryMaybe

when i push it, i put in gear right?

911GT2

Yeah, put it in first or second, hold the clutch in, get it rolling like 5-10 mph, downhill helps a lot. Then let the clutch out, and it should start right up. Drive it for a little while after just to make sure everything is all good.

If it's flooded, it'll smoke outta the exhaust for a little while, don't worry about it, just drive till the smoke is gone.

When mine flooded, we actually had to push it with another car. We put a couch cushion between a Ford Aerostar and my back bumper and made contact very very slowly. Then pushed slowly. We had no other way to get it rolling fast enough. It was embarrasing, but it worked.

RotaryMaybe

oh ****...but i think it's def the battery cuz i can't rem starting the engine and quickly turning it back off....it's just a chug chug chug so it's prob not a starter issue...my terminals are fairly clean and no sign of leakage from the battery...i checked the main fuse and the wire doesn't have any burnt signs....hoping the cables will solve the issue.

911GT2

Yeah, more than likely flooded then. Try pushing, let me know how it works.

Zyon13B

Jump 1st, if thats not it, try resetting ECU.

911GT2

Oh wait, you said CAN'T remember turning it on and back off, i thought you said can...

Well try it anyway, it can't hurt it to have it running. If it is the battery, it'll charge it up. Unless it's the alternator. In which case it'll probably not start anyway.

RotaryMaybe

yeah..if it's flooded im fucked cuz my garage door has a steep little hill to come out of the complex...there's no way i could push it out and there's no room inside the garage to do that....

DaedelGT

If its flooded and you can't push start, pull the plugs out of the holes and the fuel will evaporate over the course of a day.