HELP!!!! Car won't start....
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Burning Brakes
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From: Atlanta GA
HELP!!!! Car won't start....
I have no idea what it could be....I went out to the dealership to by my girl a new car and we were out in the vette...(of coarse)....left there car was running great as normal...I got home pulled it in the garage, shut it off and was wipeing off the road dust on the fresh washed and wax beauty....Went to move it and it would not start ....it just cranks and cranks and cranks with no start....What in the crap ould this be now.....This has never happened before....Could this be the dreaded VATS failure us good people get with our vettes? Please give me your thoughts and tips on what and how to fix....This has been the worst weekend ever...!st the girls car would not start today and its not fixed and thats why we were at the dealership to look...and now mine...LIFE SUCKS right now for me ....these are our only and daily drivers....
Thanks in advance....If anyone could brighten this day up for me.... :( :sad: :confused: :mad :cuss
Thanks in advance....If anyone could brighten this day up for me.... :( :sad: :confused: :mad :cuss
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Re: HELP!!!! Car won't start.... (apollo30346)
If she cranks then it is not VATs. :) If VATS fails it won't even crank.
3 things to start an engine...
1. Fuel
2. Spark
3. Compression
Typically its going to be 1 or 2 since the car has been running great. Has it been hesitating under full throttle or anything? Pull a plug wire and stick a screwdriver in it and ground the driver to something metal. Turn the car over and see if you are getting spark.
3 things to start an engine...
1. Fuel
2. Spark
3. Compression
Typically its going to be 1 or 2 since the car has been running great. Has it been hesitating under full throttle or anything? Pull a plug wire and stick a screwdriver in it and ground the driver to something metal. Turn the car over and see if you are getting spark.
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Re: HELP!!!! Car won't start.... (scorp508)
Like Scorp said (its probably spark or fuel related.) I'de check the spark first since its the easiest to prove good or bad. Then check for fuel pressure and if you have that see if the injectors are firing. Put a long screw driver on the injector base and put the handle on your ear. You should hear a click click ckick each time the injector pulses.
Check out spark and fuel and get back to us!!! :thumbs:
Bill C
Check out spark and fuel and get back to us!!! :thumbs:
Bill C
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Burning Brakes
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From: Atlanta GA
Re: HELP!!!! Car won't start.... (corvette90)
Well, heres the poop on my car....I went out there to see if I had any codes and there were none...Clear as a bell....I then went to crank it and she started right up and is acting like nothing ever happened....I let run for 45 mins....and drove it around where I live and nothing....It's running like a champ.....I am stumpped....What in the world could cause this...I scared to drive it cuz it might do it again and then I'm be out more money just to get it home on a tow truck.....I am lost.....Thanks to all for the replies and keep them coming....I need this one figured out...Cuz, I am at a loss on this.....
