car wont start :(

kermut · Post by **kermut** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:26 am

my car wont start i checked all the fuses and made sure my ignition failure modules fine and still wont start any ideas

Post by **I8A4RE** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:36 am

Thats what happened to mine, after extensive searching it was the immobiliser in the alarm that had burnt out.

So the battery is fine?

Can you start the car off the starter?

Post by **vipfto** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:45 am

is it trying to turn over? doyou get dash lights? or a click sound when attempting to start?

kermut · Post by **kermut** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:01 am

starter motor im gona try that now...starter motor kicks in and all but wont crank over....checked all the fueses ignition failure module near the radiator cap .....i have no immoboliser in my car so cant be that and my cars a manual......this is a hard one....i read the other thread...any other ideas guys

kermut · Post by **kermut** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:03 am

i do hear a click when i turn the key and all the lights do work on the dash :O

Post by **I8A4RE** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:08 am

So its trying to turn over?????

If it is, then I would be looking at either fuel or spark?

Post by **vipfto** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:10 am

my money is on starter then mate try to give it a tap it may just work but will need replacing asap or you will getstuck somewhere you dont want to be

Post by **Bennoz** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:27 am

Checked for error codes? Could be crank angle sensor etc

Post by **I8A4RE** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:47 am

oopppss i thought he said it was turning over....

kermut · Post by **kermut** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:48 am

its not the stater motor checked it its fine....theres no spark....could it have sumthng to do with me running 10psi last night? ...and i also have those higher heat tolerance spark plugs i think there 8 or 9's.....batteries r fine i have dual batteries....i did accidentally short out the suppressor cap to ground and it sparked ???

payaya · Post by **payaya** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:46 pm

Ya sure all fuses are right? Test between the terminals on the fuse and see if there is continuity.

kermut · Post by **kermut** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 12:13 am

hey guys thanks so much i found the problem it was this little black box near the raditor...took me the whole day to find it....

AJ · Post by AJ » Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:55 pm

Seeing as you're all fixed up Kurmut I hope you don't mind if I cut in here?

I'm having similar problems at te moment. I've not driven the FTo for about 6-8 weeks. I was able to jump start it off my GF's car last week and drove it for an hour then tried again 3 days later and it was dead again.

I tried to jump start it of the GF's car but it wouldn't start. It was trying to but wouldn't fire up. The windscreen wipers came on on there own and I though this wasn't right so jumped out and saw that I had the clamps the wrong was round on my GF's car. I took them off and started again, this time the wipers did not come on on there own

It's reading 13 volts and the lights come on when conected via the jump leads and it tries to turn over but just will not fire up. Any ideas please?

Thanks.

nikhan · Post by **nikhan** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:23 am

Try leaving the clamps a little longer...tink u might need to change the battery. I had a fren who had the same prob and used his gf's car to try n jump start but ti wouldnt fire up. I used my car instead, left it for a while and it worked perfectly fine. If that still does work, well...maybe u got the same prob as kermut?

Post by **vipfto** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:25 am

AJ wrote:Seeing as you're all fixed up Kurmut I hope you don't mind if I cut in here?

I'm having similar problems at te moment. I've not driven the FTo for about 6-8 weeks. I was able to jump start it off my GF's car last week and drove it for an hour then tried again 3 days later and it was dead again.

I tried to jump start it of the GF's car but it wouldn't start. It was trying to but wouldn't fire up. The windscreen wipers came on on there own and I though this wasn't right so jumped out and saw that I had the clamps the wrong was round on my GF's car. I took them off and started again, this time the wipers did not come on on there own It's reading 13 volts and the lights come on when conected via the jump leads and it tries to turn over but just will not fire up. Any ideas please?

check starter mate and make sure immobilizeris off
Thanks.

AJ · Post by AJ » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:06 am

Cheers guys, I'll try that. As soon as I turn the key the volts drop to zero.
I don't want to sound like a newb, but where's the starter and what am I looking for when I do find it?
Immobiliser is off. If the Immobiliser was on it wouldn't even crank.

Post by **I8A4RE** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:09 am

its right at the front of the engine. down at the bottom in the middle by the cross member. You will need to get on your back to see it.

Personnally it sounds like you have dropped a cell or two in the battery

Syst3m_NZ · Post by **Syst3m_NZ** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:50 pm

I8A4RE wrote:
Personnally it sounds like you have dropped a cell or two in the battery

I had the same sort of problem awhile ago and that is exactly what was causing it

AJ · Post by AJ » Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:52 pm

So I'll ned a new batt then? I've not played with it yet. Was thinking of taking the batt out of my GF's car and putting it in to make sure it's the batt that's busted first. What you think?

Post by **I8A4RE** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:27 pm

AJ wrote:So I'll ned a new batt then? I've not played with it yet. Was thinking of taking the batt out of my GF's car and putting it in to make sure it's the batt that's busted first. What you think?

yeah mate thats definitly one way of testing to see if that is the cause or not