Car Won't Start
02-19-2010, 09:33 PM
#1
Car Won't Start
after i got my clutch replaced last week, the car has been kinda hard to start most of the time. sometimes it would start just fine but recently it wouldnt start at all. it is getting fuel as i can smell it coming out of the exhaust. plugs are NGK Irridums, might have 10k on them. also used the starter fluid and nothing. i was able to get a video of what its doing.
02-19-2010, 10:24 PM
#4
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Hi, just throwing my 2 cents after 2 days getting my 97 SE auto running. It would crank and run great, then next time rattle and make horrendousnoises and no start. Tried a nedw battery and same thing. Found the starter would intermittanly drag huge and be too much for the battery to start.
Got a new starter with 2 year warranty, charged up the battery, new fuel filter (can't recall last change) cleaned really dirty K&N air filter, and turned the key. Started immediately. Drove for awhile till warm and then hammered it. Like a new car!!!
hth
Got a new starter with 2 year warranty, charged up the battery, new fuel filter (can't recall last change) cleaned really dirty K&N air filter, and turned the key. Started immediately. Drove for awhile till warm and then hammered it. Like a new car!!!
hth
02-19-2010, 10:42 PM
#5
sounds like your starter is trying to turn, hence the engine noise, battery sounds good too. why not take it back to the shop to make sure there isnt any loose wiring anywhere. doesnt seem to be a battery or starter issue (engine is turning)
02-19-2010, 10:47 PM
#6
Hi, just throwing my 2 cents after 2 days getting my 97 SE auto running. It would crank and run great, then next time rattle and make horrendousnoises and no start. Tried a nedw battery and same thing. Found the starter would intermittanly drag huge and be too much for the battery to start.
Got a new starter with 2 year warranty, charged up the battery, new fuel filter (can't recall last change) cleaned really dirty K&N air filter, and turned the key. Started immediately. Drove for awhile till warm and then hammered it. Like a new car!!!
hth
Got a new starter with 2 year warranty, charged up the battery, new fuel filter (can't recall last change) cleaned really dirty K&N air filter, and turned the key. Started immediately. Drove for awhile till warm and then hammered it. Like a new car!!!
hth
EDIT: or ground
Last edited by maXspeed96se; 02-19-2010 at 10:51 PM.
02-19-2010, 10:59 PM
#7
didnt have a shop do it. could this be because the matting surface between the block and tranny werent sanded down? i heard a guy with a 5th gen did the same thing and it fixed the problem
02-20-2010, 09:04 AM
#10
run a ground wire from negative on battery to the bolt on the starter that holds it to the transmission sounds like after u did your clutch its not grounding right on my transmission i had a lil rinkydink ground from the frame to tranny replaced and all is well
Last edited by luke95gxe; 02-20-2010 at 11:47 AM.
02-20-2010, 05:00 PM
#11
just got back from O'Riley's and got the batter tested and it passed. cleaned the cam position sensor and sanded down the grounds for the starter and still nothing 
Last edited by maXspeed96se; 02-20-2010 at 05:12 PM.
02-20-2010, 05:10 PM
#12
have you checked ects? they have been known to cause hard starts and stalling as a matter of fact i started my car today and it took several tries and and pumping the gas to get her started i popped the hood and the connector was lose i pushed it all the way down on the sensor plugged it all the way in an it started right up
Last edited by luke95gxe; 02-20-2010 at 05:13 PM.
02-20-2010, 07:50 PM
#13
id check and run an extra ground as stated above. im not a believer of the whole mating surfaces deal, especially since it was a clutch job, not like you swapped a tranny from a junkyard with rust.
02-25-2010, 11:52 AM
#17
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yo man...sometimes when ppl replace the clutch, they forget to sand the mating surfaces and it makes a bad ground. Add an extra ground to the transmission housing. PM Smai, he will tell u. If that dont work then that CKPS POS might need to be inspected for fouling, cleaned and/or replaced.
02-25-2010, 12:41 PM
#18
yo man...sometimes when ppl replace the clutch, they forget to sand the mating surfaces and it makes a bad ground. Add an extra ground to the transmission housing. PM Smai, he will tell u. If that dont work then that CKPS POS might need to be inspected for fouling, cleaned and/or replaced.
02-26-2010, 06:36 AM
#19
yo man...sometimes when ppl replace the clutch, they forget to sand the mating surfaces and it makes a bad ground. Add an extra ground to the transmission housing. PM Smai, he will tell u. If that dont work then that CKPS POS might need to be inspected for fouling, cleaned and/or replaced.
02-26-2010, 10:13 PM
#24
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Is your clutch peddal stif or spongy...iam asking cuz when I got my clutch changed on my 95 max it did the same thing...turned out it was my slave cylinder... I replaced that then my peaddal got a little stiffer witch help it kick over...after a couple of weaks I had to replace the master pump cylinder witch is near the brake cylinder...but it was worth it... it ran like a dream after that...
02-26-2010, 10:36 PM
#25
didnt mess with the adjustment at all. it started fine for the first day or so and then it just got worse and worse from there.
02-26-2010, 10:37 PM
#26
Is your clutch peddal stif or spongy...iam asking cuz when I got my clutch changed on my 95 max it did the same thing...turned out it was my slave cylinder... I replaced that then my peaddal got a little stiffer witch help it kick over...after a couple of weaks I had to replace the master pump cylinder witch is near the brake cylinder...but it was worth it... it ran like a dream after that...
02-26-2010, 11:06 PM
#27
Well it cant hurt to check it just grab a ruler, maybe the person who did your clutch didn't adjust it right. Also, some clutches need adjustment after the first 1500 miles
02-28-2010, 06:54 PM
#28
good news
i got the car started. it was the ground. i went to advance and got a negative battery ground and grounded it to the tranny and it started right up
thanks everybody for the advice and thanks luke for the pics. that exactly what i did and it works great. thanks bro
i got the car started. it was the ground. i went to advance and got a negative battery ground and grounded it to the tranny and it started right up
thanks everybody for the advice and thanks luke for the pics. that exactly what i did and it works great. thanks bro
03-01-2010, 05:22 AM
#29
good news
i got the car started. it was the ground. i went to advance and got a negative battery ground and grounded it to the tranny and it started right up
thanks everybody for the advice and thanks luke for the pics. that exactly what i did and it works great. thanks bro
i got the car started. it was the ground. i went to advance and got a negative battery ground and grounded it to the tranny and it started right up
thanks everybody for the advice and thanks luke for the pics. that exactly what i did and it works great. thanks bro
03-02-2010, 06:51 AM
#33
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See pics above.
Jus run a wire from the negative battery terminal to a transmission housing bolt. Any bolt will do.
03-02-2010, 11:53 AM
#34
03-04-2010, 04:44 PM
#40
there is a sensor that bolts to the tranny check that to make sure it not dirty and conected that will cuz a no start