Car not cranking; starter?

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:36 am

Plenty of juice from the battery, and the fuel pump turns on. It just want crank over, so it's the starter right?

Danny

Pir0 · Post by **Pir0** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:07 am

That, or the ignition barrel

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:57 am

it could be the cable that runs to the starter. try push starting it and see if it runs ok

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:37 pm

We deceided not to push start it because if it didn't start there's no way we could get it back in the garage (hill). But now it starts up normally, we had to jump it since the battery died from it sitting so long after me trying to crank it 15 times.

Wtf could this be? Is this part of my ungoing unknown electrical problem? When I tried to start it when it didn't start the battery had plenty of juice, the fuel pump turned on, but then nothing; no click, no cranking, nothing. Even when the battery doesn't have nearly enough to start the car it will crank a little bit then the battery just dies.

daewooluvr · Post by **daewooluvr** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:41 pm

the starter will not crank if it doesn't see enough Amperage from the battery. I found this out before and the cause of it was a faulty wire.

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 7:45 pm

daewooluvr wrote:the starter will not crank if it doesn't see enough Amperage from the battery. I found this out before and the cause of it was a faulty wire.

Wait can a battery have plenty of juice (whatever that would be) but not enough amperage to start the car? cause the battery was fully charged.

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:17 pm

yes a battery can seem "ok", run every thing, but not enough to crank it over.

Spider · Post by **Spider** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:41 am

Might be a loose or corroded connection (ground or positive or both) You can check voltage w/a multi meter set @ 20 volts DC.. Check it at the battery and also downstream from the battery.
Fully charged battery will show about 13~13.5 volts.
Also, your battery may not be "holding" the charge.
Take it down to AutoZone and they will "load-test" it for you. It's a service they do for free.