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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / February 2005no start problem with 92 grand prix
drove around all day, went to start car later and it just did nothing..no clicks, nothing. Fuel pump did kick on, and so are all accessories. heres what I did: checked battery of course, cables are all tight, no corrosion. checked ground to motor, it was good and tight. starter wires are all tight too. So I jumped it with my truck..no go..car didn't even try to crank. now heres the kicker, I then got my battery charger and put it on "boost"..car started immediatly. I then drove car around for awhile, I then unhooked battery to see if altternator was charging. car didn't die, so apparently Alternator is fine. car ran and started fine for 2 days. today, I went to a friends house, car started fine. Upon leaving .. it wouldn't start again. Same symptoms as before. so I replaced battery, thinking it may be bad. still nothing! I got my charger out of trunk, set it to "boost"..and bingo..car started immediately. so what do you guys think? starter needing a burst of juice to crank? any ideas?  Signatured > drove around all day, went to start car later and it just did nothing..no > clicks, nothing. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > so what do you guys think? starter needing a burst of juice to crank? any > ideas? Dirty / corroded battery cables. > so what do you guys think? starter needing a burst of juice to crank? any > ideas? Starter cables -- perhaps their loose, perhaps solenoid contact plate is cracked, burnt or perhaps starter brushes/commutator overheated at some point causing a black-spot on the commutator -- I'd pull the starter and have a good look at it - check the operation out of the car -- dismantle the starter, have a look inside -- see any bluish color on the commutator -- would indicate that the (starter had been engaged for an extended period) commutator may have overheated at some point i.e. something has got to give -- you can use a millimeter to check the com - resistance setting! BBA Bad battery cable. Probably corroded just about of inside the end. Very common problem. Replace both cables. Oh and unhooking the battery to test the alternator is a VERY bad idea. That is a great way to fry the computer and destroy the alternator. SignatureSteve Williams > drove around all day, went to start car later and it just did nothing..no > clicks, nothing. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > so what do you guys think? starter needing a burst of juice to crank? any > ideas? well...fixed the problem by replacing the starter. I had NAPA test it, it wouldn't spin. replaced it, and haven't had a problem since. thanks for all the help guys > Bad battery cable. Probably corroded just about of inside the end. Very > common problem. Replace both cables. [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption > =---- > well...fixed the problem by replacing the starter. > I had NAPA test it, it wouldn't spin. > replaced it, and haven't had a problem since. > thanks for all the help guys Thanks for the feedback. If it happens again, I agree with the other posters about the battery cable...these can cause a lot of intermittent start problems and are not obvious. My 90 Reatta (which has an electrical system from hell) suffered from intermittent starts, and I believe replacing the cable end has fixed it. Other problems which can crop up include ignition key code read errors, vile tempered antitheft device, etc. true..well its been almost a week..and I have no problems with it. so this time it WAS the starter. thanks for all the tips though..I appreciate it >> well...fixed the problem by replacing the starter. >> I had NAPA test it, it wouldn't spin. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > problems which can crop up include ignition key code read errors, vile > tempered antitheft device, etc. |
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