Car wont start
07-05-2009 | 12:51 AM
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Car wont start
Hi guys,
I was driving my car non stop last few months everything ran fine...until last week i was on holidays and havent started the car for exactly 7 days. Now the car won't start, could it be that the battery had died?
Thanks,
Geoff
I was driving my car non stop last few months everything ran fine...until last week i was on holidays and havent started the car for exactly 7 days. Now the car won't start, could it be that the battery had died?
Thanks,
Geoff
07-05-2009 | 02:38 AM
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Time to charge the battery.
As long as the battery didn't go below ~5V, you can usually recharge it without problems.
Deflooding with the accelerator down cuts the fuel, but the next time you cranked it you need to have your foot off the pedal.
Hopefully you weren't just doing it continuously with the accelerator pedal down and hopefully you were cranking it no more than 10 sec.
Have you tried jump starting or push starting it?
As long as the battery didn't go below ~5V, you can usually recharge it without problems.
Deflooding with the accelerator down cuts the fuel, but the next time you cranked it you need to have your foot off the pedal.
Hopefully you weren't just doing it continuously with the accelerator pedal down and hopefully you were cranking it no more than 10 sec.
Have you tried jump starting or push starting it?
07-05-2009 | 02:54 AM
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Time to charge the battery.
As long as the battery didn't go below ~5V, you can usually recharge it without problems.
Deflooding with the accelerator down cuts the fuel, but the next time you cranked it you need to have your foot off the pedal.
Hopefully you weren't just doing it continuously with the accelerator pedal down and hopefully you were cranking it no more than 10 sec.
Have you tried jump starting or push starting it?
As long as the battery didn't go below ~5V, you can usually recharge it without problems.
Deflooding with the accelerator down cuts the fuel, but the next time you cranked it you need to have your foot off the pedal.
Hopefully you weren't just doing it continuously with the accelerator pedal down and hopefully you were cranking it no more than 10 sec.
Have you tried jump starting or push starting it?
I wasn't really counting how long i was cranking lol, and yeah ive only held the accelerator down like twice out of the 5-6 times i tried cranking it , before i noticed it was the battery.
07-05-2009 | 08:11 AM
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Now i just hope i didnt flood it while stepping on the accelerator haha
07-06-2009 | 04:21 AM
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Oh no, after changing the battery it still won't start...i sorta smeel like a crispy electrical/fuel smell in the air. Im not sure if the car is flooded.
When i crank it seems like the starters cranking but the engine doesnt make a sound.
any hints?
thanks,
When i crank it seems like the starters cranking but the engine doesnt make a sound.
any hints?
thanks,
07-06-2009 | 04:54 AM
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It probably is flooded.
1st time I had a flood it took me a while to get it started.
I would crank it (10 sec intervals) until the lights would dim, then I charged the battery and tried again. Eventually I got it going.
This was before I learned other ways to deflood.
One method people like is push starting it.
Others like to remove the spark plugs, remove the fuel pump relay, and give it a few cranks to remove the gas.
I've started a few RX8s by squirting washer fluid into the maintenance ports.
So there are several methods that seem to work.
Search the various DIYs and pick a method.
1st time I had a flood it took me a while to get it started.
I would crank it (10 sec intervals) until the lights would dim, then I charged the battery and tried again. Eventually I got it going.
This was before I learned other ways to deflood.
One method people like is push starting it.
Others like to remove the spark plugs, remove the fuel pump relay, and give it a few cranks to remove the gas.
I've started a few RX8s by squirting washer fluid into the maintenance ports.
So there are several methods that seem to work.
Search the various DIYs and pick a method.
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