I tried to start my car this morning and it turns over but won't fully start. It's not the battery, I hear the fuel pump sucking when I turn the key, and I think the timing is ok (but its the big think). Any ideas what it might. It hasn't been giving me any problems in the past and I just replaced the exhaust headers back (stock system).

 

you gotta scan it, see if your pullin any codes. check connections, ie, battery terminals, fuses, listen to engine when turning over, whats it sound like???? can you get a video??? i'd like to hear it, give me a better idea of what your dealin with.

 

Check the codes and put up a video to putfile.com, alot of times its nothing more than corrosion on the battery or a loose connection but without the above info we cant help.

 

Make sure the negative is on the battery nice and snug. Then follow that cable to the ground and make sure there is no rust around that ground point.

Good luck!

 

I had it towed this morning, so not video unfortunately. However the mechanic said that it is giving multiple codes and that the one that stood out was a bad crank shaft sensor.

 

Ended up with a bad crankshaft sensor

 

that's what was causing it then Good to know that it's something simple

 

O the notorious BCSS, it got me a year ago on my 97SE, it was around 700 for that and an o2 sensor at the time. Your lucky you got towed out of your driveway, mine happened while i was out and i had to get towed from the road, after waiting 2 hours in the cold.

 

hey i just recently had some car battery problems.. my car would need a jump start every now and then to turn on... i had my battery tested and it was not working....

however my brother was trying to jump start my car earlier today with a direct connection from battery to battery, (from a 2004 toyota 4runner to my 97 i30) all (+/-) terminals were in the correct positions, but they were directly on both batteries, he kept trying and trying to jump start it and no luck.

i replaced the battery and my electrical stuff works but my car wont start... wont even give me any noises.. i'm worried my bro might have messed something up in the process of trying to jump start my car...

can anyone please shed any light on this? i'm carless until i figure this out... im hoping its just a blown fuse, but i could be wrong... any advice would help...

thanks

 

any idiot lights?