I was wondering why my car chunks 3 times before it starts? It got worse and worse. Brought it to autozone to get a new battery, the guy tested mine and said it was fine, so is the alternator. The fuel pump is changed, so are the spark plugs, car runs fine when started at a even 600-700 rpm. So can someone tell me what I need to check? It has started doing this recently with the colder weather, maybe being the cause.

 

What in the world is a "chunk"?

Check the ECTS and clean your throttle body.

 

Your car is almost a decade old, it still has the stock starter, replace it with a 2001 style starter.

 

Sounds like the dreaded ground problem, chunk is was the pause in cranking sounds like.

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=452286

 

Well, any update?

 

Hi,

actually I fallow crazy97's tutorial, and it runs fine for me for a while. Now, its fall (canada) and its about 5-6 celsius outside. My starting problem came back!! AHH!

Look, I have a vid(same as crasy97), its not me but the car sounds the same (look, about 3 bucks before starting) : http://youtube.com/watch?v=OIpAaHfsuxU.

My tranny(manual) is actually grounded on 4 places : starter screw, big screw near the crack shaft position sensor, and 2 small screws under the tranny.

OH yeah, sometimes its starts IMEDIATLY, faster than a new maxima, it cames about 1 times on 5. Seems the engine dont know where he is...

Thank for your help.

 

You have to add more grounds with thick wire. Thats what I had to do. Mine has been starting great for a few weeks since I had to add more grounds to the starter.

 

Hi ,

Did u got solutions for this Mine also same probelms.let me knowif you go fix
please advice on khambedh@yahoo.com

Thanks

 

i wanna do this but i dont know what my starter looks like, + i reda on a thred here u dont have to ground under the tranny if u use 4gauge on the starter,

also this has not happened to me all week since i had an aftermarket alarm installed (which came with an engine kill/ engine immobilizer) maybe that emmobilizer is grounded thru the starter and that why its nto doing it ?

i am not sure how aftermarket immobilizers work does anyone know >?

 

Yes

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Mine does not take that long to start but, it still pisses me off. It has been getting colder and I think its my starter. I just didnt have the time to mess with it yet, waiting for the weekend to come. I don't know if I should regrease it and save some dough or buy a new reman starter? Also for a precaution I will ground the starter more! I will post an update on this problem later this week along with some pics!

 

I would try grounding before you spend money on a starter.

 

*will do first* but i think i am still going to at least regrease the starter since i think its original and the car has 175k miles. 75k miles on the motor, but 175k miles on the starter!

 

That's a good idea!

 

Does this happen only after tranny service?

I have a 2000 maxima SE AUTO
SAME PROBLEM!

 

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got a good deal on a oem remanufactured 11 pin starter so I bought it! Dealer prce was 260 plus 60 core i think, i got mine for 100 without core charge. Also I added some battery electrical grease to all conncections and sanded the partly oxidized/rusted metal to a bare shine. Solved the problem, starts on a dime without any hesitation.

however even though i solved one problem i saw this black s*** all over the side in a uniform spray type. Checks out my inner CV boot has a hole! I just replaced both of them like Last month