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Old Mar 7, 2003 | 11:06 AM
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my car wouldnt start...ok now what/

i think its the spark plug, not exactly sure tho.

do you guyz think its better to get my car towed to a gas station or a garage like pepboys

i heard some garage offer free towing service, does pepboys offer that


im down at MD right now

college park area

edit: sorry everyone let me rephrase

my car is hard to start, it just make these noise as if i have no battery left. another thing is i m over 3000miles over the last oil change.

last thing is that when my car is idle at a red light (1-2 min), and my heat is on, the air condition stop blowing out heat, instead cold air comes out. wat may cause this?

so what i need to know is, could it be the spark plug?
it cant be the battery because i tried to jump start it, and it didnt work, all the lights come on in my speedometer. when i try to turn the key, it makes a "click" sound and then thats it
Old Mar 7, 2003 | 11:08 AM
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What makes you think that the problem is the spark plugs? Would you be willing to do the 'repair' yourself?
Old Mar 7, 2003 | 11:44 AM
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Re: my car wouldnt start...ok now what/

Originally posted by LucentAUTO
i think its the spark plug, not exactly sure tho.

do you guyz think its better to get my car towed to a gas station or a garage like pepboys

i heard some garage offer free towing service, does pepboys offer that


im down at MD right now

college park area
there's the problem - the spark plug
You need 5 more

Towing it to a gas station - will fix it - if it's out of gas.
Towing it to Pep boys - that's good if you want to buy some stuff and fix it in their parking lot.

I guess I'll try and be less sarcastic and help now.

Does it turn over? Can you hear the starter?
Do you have power? Lights, stereo etc.
Do you have gas? (Obvious one, but alwasy worth checking)
Old Mar 7, 2003 | 01:50 PM
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does it make a clicking noise when you try to start it??
Old Mar 7, 2003 | 03:17 PM
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da-max:

yes it does it just make click click sound and no start.

i think its the battery i just bought one from pepboys , gonna try to get it installed.
Old Mar 7, 2003 | 03:30 PM
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did the raido and other accessories still work??

Originally posted by LucentAUTO
da-max:

yes it does it just make click click sound and no start.
Old Mar 7, 2003 | 05:49 PM
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In your thread you say you have no heat.. do you have coolant?
how long has it has this issue? Is it getting harder and harder to start? Does it sould like it is trying to start and you can crank it forever like it has no gas?
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