Anybody know what wrong??


I'm not being funny, but for FFS. Do you want help or don't you? If you get told 10 times to simply CHECK if the battery is in good condition, why the hell can't you just check? It's pointless giving everyone 10 thousand reasons why it can't be, because I'm damn sure we could all sit here and give you thousands why it is the battery! What's difficult about saying 'look guys, checked with a multimeter and i'm showing 14 volts, it isn't the battery, any ideas?'

The point is if your asking for help it's just plain rude it ignore it, give people some proper information, heed their advice and someone might actually diagnose your problem.
 
yup, it must be the fuel pump going bad...would explain intermittent issues with full or not full tank of fuel. Does this person have a fuel pressure gauge, or I hope he does. Funny how gauges are important when not installed. lol
 
SiW said:
I'm not being funny, but for FFS. Do you want help or don't you? If you get told 10 times to simply CHECK if the battery is in good condition, why the hell can't you just check? It's pointless giving everyone 10 thousand reasons why it can't be, because I'm damn sure we could all sit here and give you thousands why it is the battery! What's difficult about saying 'look guys, checked with a multimeter and i'm showing 14 volts, it isn't the battery, any ideas?'

The point is if your asking for help it's just plain rude it ignore it, give people some proper information, heed their advice and someone might actually diagnose your problem.
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lol serious! if u ask for help and there sayin do a simple check then u should consider it instead of just saying no its not that. sometimes they wont start missing a volt. have you recently installed anything in the car? i installed a system im a prelude once and didnt get all the paint off by the earthing and somtimes the car would start and sometimes not. cleaned up paint for eath and it fired up every single time.
 
could also be the distributor...my money is on the fuel pump.
 
Shoot, I just listened again, and I am hearing something different this time around.

It sounds like it is not turning over and then just clicking. Prior I thought the clicking was the engine turning over. So yes it may be the BATTERY still, sorry. Swap that puppy out with a new one and go from there...man just change the dam BATTERY to be dam sure its not that.

If its not quite turning over then starts to click like that it dam may be the BATTERY and the relays clicking away. It may be the BATTERY causing this issue. It may be also the reason why it will not turn over, not enough amps to turn it over [not that a sohc is hard to turn over]. The BATTERY should be swapped out for a good one, or borrow one from a friend or family.

Please just try it, and tell us all to shut up please? :)
 
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tama666 said:
Shoot, I just listened again, and I am hearing something different this time around.

It sounds like it is not turning over and then just clicking. Prior I thought the clicking was the engine turning over. So yes it may be the BATTERY still, sorry. Swap that puppy out with a new one and go from there...man just change the dam BATTERY to be dam sure its not that.

If its not quite turning over then starts to click like that it dam may be the BATTERY and the relays clicking away. It may be the BATTERY causing this issue. It may be also the reason why it will not turn over, not enough amps to turn it over [not that a sohc is had to turn over]. The BATTERY should be swapped out for a good one, or borrow one from a friend or family.

Please just try it, and tell us all to shut up please? :)
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lol, my bet now is that it istn the battery but its definately worth a shot. and he prolly will say HA its not the batt now STFU weirdos! haha im at work and have no sound so i cant hear vid but if its doing what u said tama my guess would be the started is going out and clicking like my 99 astrovan did
 
mawticulous said:
lol, my bet now is that it istn the battery but its definately worth a shot. and he prolly will say HA its not the batt now STFU weirdos! haha im at work and have no sound so i cant hear vid but if its doing what u said tama my guess would be the started is going out and clicking like my 99 astrovan did
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ROFL :lol: ...and i will be the first to say i was wrong dam it, as long as we know that dam battery is not the issue who cares. lol

I hate batteries and IACV's
lets go back to flint and rocks.
 
tama666 said:
ROFL :lol: ...and i will be the first to say i was wrong dam it, as long as we know that dam battery is not the issue who cares. lol

I hate batteries and IACV's
lets go back to flint and rocks.
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lol so true, so true. he could always push it everywhere he needs to go. or tow it. OR just buy another one that runs right. then u dont have to worry bout eveyone sayin its the battery.next time it will b a fuse! haha:D
 
paulr5 said:
^^^^The whole pint of a jump star is to use some one elses car as a battery, this is why you comnnect positiove to positive and earth to engine of the dead car......:drive:
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I'l try to explain one more time.

The current required by your starter motor CAN NOT be transfered through regular jumpwires. Yes they'll supply part of the electricity but it is ESSENTIAL that you charge your own battery first for at least a couple of minutes. You try it on a dead battery that doesn't do anything anymore (not even light up lights in your interior). Connect the wires and start immediately. It won't work. Only after you connect the wires, start the engine of the supplying car and let it run for at least a few minutes, only then will it start. This goes especially for diesel engines. Believe me, I have enough experience with jump-starting cars.

And just measure the voltage. It's method one of finding the problem: eliminating as much possibilities as you can, till the last one (the actual problem) is left. Only takes a few minutes. You ask for help and ideas but you don't really seem to be accepting any help.
 
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It definitely sounds like lack of current to me, sounds like the relays going mental rather than the starter solenoid attempting and failing to throw. Last post was a bit hasty, I just read over it at once and the bloody answer is probably in there 10 times! Just not a fan of help refusal ;)

Once you've got a battery reading when the problem is there you can easily move on. I'd definitely say there is not enough juice getting to the starter, or it's knackered, which is unlikely if it's new. Could possibly be a loose ground connection, loose +ve feed to the starter (has just been changed so quite possible) or even something draining the battery. Have you tried to turn it off and on again after it's been running for a while when you bump start it?
 
here i taking all the advice so don't be sayin im not.. got the new battery today so if it dont start again ill check the fuel pump
 
thank goodness, did the battery help or hurt the issue?
 
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I'l try to explain one more time.

The current required by your starter motor CAN NOT be transfered through regular jumpwires. Yes they'll supply part of the electricity but it is ESSENTIAL that you charge your own battery first for at least a couple of minutes. You try it on a dead battery that doesn't do anything anymore (not even light up lights in your interior). Connect the wires and start immediately. It won't work. Only after you connect the wires, start the engine of the supplying car and let it run for at least a few minutes, only then will it start. This goes especially for diesel engines. Believe me, I have enough experience with jump-starting cars.

And just measure the voltage. It's method one of finding the problem: eliminating as much possibilities as you can, till the last one (the actual problem) is left. Only takes a few minutes. You ask for help and ideas but you don't really seem to be accepting any help.
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Well in ireland they sell decent jump cables i use a booster pack myself and this method has never failed me, especially on capasitated ecu's which will blow they way you described, engine earth is always the best, but each to our own JT_

Either way Im sorry but i dont see where people are goin with the fuel pump idea? ive never heard one click like that...... and it will go on the push :drive:
 
paulr5 said:
Well in ireland they sell decent jump cables i use a booster pack myself and this method has never failed me, especially on capasitated ecu's which will blow they way you described, engine earth is always the best, but each to our own JT_

Either way Im sorry but i dont see where people are goin with the fuel pump idea? ive never heard one click like that...... and it will go on the push :drive:
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Hi Paul, I think that the poster is trying to take the battery out of the equation prior to anything more.
 
Sorry lack of sleep tamma666, any good usdm honda site you know of?
 
paulr5 said:
Well in ireland they sell decent jump cables i use a booster pack myself and this method has never failed me, especially on capasitated ecu's which will blow they way you described, engine earth is always the best, but each to our own JT_
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I never described a blowing ECU? :p Anyway, I was talking about jumpwires from one car to the other, those are usually very long. What's your experience with those then, have you been able to hook them up and instantly start the other car without waiting a few minutes?
 
Can anyone guess how long it takes for daly3418 to replace a battery?
 
How longs a piece of string?? Aha

I think he's sorted it...;)

I'm with JT on the jump leads, need's so much current to turn a motor over and jump cables have far too much resistance to supply that full wad of current straight to the starter to start the car instantly. I've jumped plenty of car's and you always have to wait for the battery to take a bit of charge otherwise it'll click out on the relays or barely turn over..Granted some are more industrial than other's (not the shite you get from garages) but that just means they're less likely to melt/set on fire!
 
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