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Car Forum / Volvo Cars / July 2007No cranking, all of a sudden
Just took my 91 740 wagon to the store. Went in. Came back out. Starter will not work. Nothing happens when I turn the key. A few gauges jump when I turn the key, but nothing else. The door chime rings with the door open, so I guess the battery did not die all of a sudden. Could this be a fuse? I tried it in park. I tried it in neutral. I jiggled the shifter around. Any ideas? >Just took my 91 740 wagon to the store. Went in. Came back out. >Starter will not work. Nothing happens when I turn the key. A few [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Any ideas? Jiggle the battery terminals. The have to make a GOOD contact. Regards, Boris Mohar Got Knock? - see: Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs (among other things) http://www.viatrack.ca void _-void-_ in the obvious place  SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >>Just took my 91 740 wagon to the store. Went in. Came back out. >>Starter will not work. Nothing happens when I turn the key. A few [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Jiggle the battery terminals. The have to make a GOOD contact. That's possible. The radio will not come on. The power door locks work, though sludgy. I plugged a small air compressor into the cigarette light, and it worked, though sluggish. I put a tester across the terminals, and it seems to have full voltage. Why won't the radio come on? That's very low voltage. >>>Just took my 91 740 wagon to the store. Went in. Came back out. Starter >>>will not work. Nothing happens when I turn the key. A few gauges jump [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Why won't the radio come on? That's very low voltage. I suspect the ignition switch itself is bad, it could also be the battery cable or even the battery itself. The radio is not any more low voltage than anything else in the car, it's all 12V nominal. It's a low current load, but if the voltage is below a certain point it won't power up. Hi, doofy schrieb: > Just took my 91 740 wagon to the store. Went in. Came back out. > Starter will not work. My guess: starter died. Sorry for my English (this vocabulary you certainly don't learn at School... ;-) ), but in German it's called something like a burnt rotor lamella. > I tried it in park. I tried it in neutral. I jiggled the shifter > around. > Any ideas? Well, in this case the automatic is a disadvantage. With a manual tranny you can give the car a push, jump in, press the clutch pedal, turn and hold the key to ignition and release the clutch pedel for a (very) short time. Then the starter will work again, until he again comes to a stop at the defective area. btdt, very "funny" to do this exercise on a motor home on the way home... ;-) Roland > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > My guess: starter died. Would that cause the radio not to work? > Sorry for my English (this vocabulary you certainly don't learn at > School... ;-) ), but in German it's called something like a burnt rotor > lamella. > Well, in this case the automatic is a disadvantage. Automatics are always a disadvantage, unless you're smooching and driving at the same time. I just went and cleaned the terminals. Nothing. >Just took my 91 740 wagon to the store. Went in. Came back out. >Starter will not work. Nothing happens when I turn the key. A few >gauges jump when I turn the key, but nothing else. The door chime rings >with the door open, so I guess the battery did not die all of a sudden. >Could this be a fuse? Could be. Find the main fuse and reseat it. >I tried it in park. I tried it in neutral. I jiggled the shifter around. >Any ideas? Could be the battery; they can fail suddenly--could be the alternator or charging system failing to charge the battery. Or a bad connection. You need to test the battery under load; check the voltage across the terminals without a load first--you should see about 12.6V. If you see significantly less (11.5V or less) either it's not charged or it's bad. Now, turn on the headlights and check the voltage--if it's dropped below 11V, you most likely have a bad battery. If the battery voltage isn't dropping, test for differences between the positive terminal and the connector on the positive cable, or from the negative terminal to the chassis. If there's more than 0.5V, you may have a bad cable. Try borrowing a battery; or jump starting. Also, most parts places can test a battery for you (and usually will for free). Gary SignatureGary Heston gheston@hiwaay.net http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/ Yoko Onos' former driver tried to extort $2M from her, threating to "release embarassing recordings...". What, he has a copy of her album? >Just took my 91 740 wagon to the store. Went in. Came back out. >Starter will not work. Nothing happens when I turn the key. A few >gauges jump when I turn the key, but nothing else. The door chime rings >with the door open, so I guess the battery did not die all of a sudden. I had the same type of problem -- bad battery. Under no load it was 11.5, under load of the key turning - 5.6 volts. Changed the battery ( 2 days left in replacement warranty) and all better. >>Just took my 91 740 wagon to the store. Went in. Came back out. >>Starter will not work. Nothing happens when I turn the key. A few [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > 11.5, under load of the key turning - 5.6 volts. Changed the battery ( > 2 days left in replacement warranty) and all better. Well, thanks everyone for your feedback. Under load, the battery was about 6-8 volts. Replaced it and it cranked right up. So, unless there's some other fault that killed the battery, I'm good to go. |
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