'95 maxima won't start

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Grant - 21 Feb 2007 00:17 GMT

My '95 maxima (131k miles) wouldn't start this morning. It sounds
like the starter is turning strongly, but the engine won't start. The
starter was replaced about 6 months ago. I tried jumping the battery,
but no luck.

Any ideas?

Thanks

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Grant - 21 Feb 2007 02:54 GMT

> My '95 maxima (131k miles) wouldn't start this morning. It sounds
> like the starter is turning strongly, but the engine won't start. The
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>
> Thanks

Additional information: I cleaned the battery terminals and jumped
the car again. The starter was making a high pitched sound and the
engine just wasn't "catching". After several attempts over 2-3
minutes, it finally started, stumbled a bit and then ran okay.

I'll hope I don't run into this again, but any clues to what was wrong
are appreciated.

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E Meyer - 23 Feb 2007 16:11 GMT

On 2/20/07 8:54 PM, in article
1172026475.221391.97360@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com, "Grant"

>> My '95 maxima (131k miles) wouldn't start this morning. It sounds
>> like the starter is turning strongly, but the engine won't start. The
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> I'll hope I don't run into this again, but any clues to what was wrong
> are appreciated.

If the starter was turning (rapidly from your description), why were you
messing with the battery terminals and trying to jump start it?

It sounds like ("high pitched sound") maybe the starter wasn't engaging the
engine, which would mean the new starter is crap. But then when you say it
stumbled when it finally started, that would likely mean a leaky injector
was flooding it. Were you doing anything with the accelerator pedal while
trying to start? If so, what? If not, then the next time it doesn't want
to start, hold the pedal down while you crank it and see if that makes it
start. If it does, then you are looking at a leaky/stuck injector.

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