Need Advice, car won't start
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Racer
Joined: Jun 2002
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From: Northern Illinois
Need Advice, car won't start
1990 ZR1
So tonight i drive, let the car warm up, drive for about 8-10minutes... get out of my car, it idles for about 3 minutes, then i go turn it off... i didnt lock it... go back about 20 minutes later and it wont start...
Not like the battery is dead start... but its not even turning over. Everything inside works fine, all lights come on etc... you know how you have to put the clutch down to start it...Well this feels like what it does when you dont put the clutch down... like i turn the key all the way and nothing happens... i dont kno if this is a computer problem or what? even with the battery on the fan turns on and everything... so now my car is sitting 10 minutes from my house jus sitting. I am udderly confused....
Any ideas would be appreciated... thanks
So tonight i drive, let the car warm up, drive for about 8-10minutes... get out of my car, it idles for about 3 minutes, then i go turn it off... i didnt lock it... go back about 20 minutes later and it wont start...
Not like the battery is dead start... but its not even turning over. Everything inside works fine, all lights come on etc... you know how you have to put the clutch down to start it...Well this feels like what it does when you dont put the clutch down... like i turn the key all the way and nothing happens... i dont kno if this is a computer problem or what? even with the battery on the fan turns on and everything... so now my car is sitting 10 minutes from my house jus sitting. I am udderly confused....
Any ideas would be appreciated... thanks
Racer
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 379
Likes: 170
From: Buffalo Grove IL
Sounds like a VATS problem? Maybe try a different key to start it?
One of my keys for my '89 is bad, if you try to start the car with it's similar to what you described--the interior lights and everything are fine, but no juice goes to the starter.
Also, I think there's a 3 minute lockout after an attempt with a bad key before it will start with a good key.
Good luck!
Ben
One of my keys for my '89 is bad, if you try to start the car with it's similar to what you described--the interior lights and everything are fine, but no juice goes to the starter.
Also, I think there's a 3 minute lockout after an attempt with a bad key before it will start with a good key.
Good luck!
Ben
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Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 6,130
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From: seattle WA
Might check your battery and starter connections too-also your starter could be going-same thing happened to me, and it turned out to be starter.I took a long piece of metal and rapped the starter when this happened and it started right up-but if you do, be careful not to hit electrical connections cause it'll spark like 4th of July. 
Last edited by rick lambert; Oct 25, 2004 at 09:44 AM.
