ok the legendary "my car wont start" problem. I've done some searching for the past hour but w/e I couldnt find anything that helped so here it goes...


yesterday i was cought in some massive torrential rain and i was on a main highway driving about 30mph because the visibility was about 15-20 feet. yeah the car went through some big puddles and such but i still made it home. i parked the car at home and i went outside about an hour after and the car didnt want to start. the engiine wouldnt turn over, nothing. i did have working lights, radio etc so i dont think it was the battery. i waited about 2 hours after that, and the car started right up. i parked it in the garage and left it there over night. i come to start it today and its doing the samething. no clicks, nothing. i just turn the key and nothing happens at all cept my fans come on. i do hear a little "pumping" noise when i turn the key, maybe thats the fuel but other than that, nothing else happens. after about 5-10 times of trying to start it i started to smell fuel so im sure its flooded now if it wasnt already. i tried charging the battery for the hell of it too and still no cranking. what can this be?

p.s lately when i cold start in the morning or something my battery always seems drained because it turns so damn slow. wtf?!?

please post if you are helping. i dont want to hear any repost bitching or anything. get over it. for the people that are willing to help, thanks in advance, i appreciate it!

 

bump?

 

how deep was the water? starter is on bottom of the car.

 

what?? alternator is on front on the top of the engine.
The starter is below the car. Take your battery out and check the voltage would be #1
if It isn't that then there is a possibility that it is your alternator... there is much more it could be, but check those first

 

the water was prolly an inch or 2 deep but the splashes were pretty crazy

 

Starter or starter solenoid is probably wet and preventing cranking. Aim a fan on it over night or use an air hose to dry them and see if they'll dry out and work before you start taking things apart.

 

yeah im going to do the troubleshooting tomorrow cuz its raining hardcore outside and im pretty tired and stressed out cuz of gf bullshit but yeah ill try these things out. and besides.... guru aleem will prob be over

 

k. aleem came over and we did some trouble shooting. he hit the starter stolenoid a few times with a hammer and the baby started to crank up but not enough to start up. we tried charging the battery but nothing was wrong with barrery. its my starterstolenoid