Help! Car not starting


johnd89

johnd89

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I'm having a problem with my D14A4 not starting. I reconditioned the starter motor in it 2 days ago and it was working fine after that. Turns over and starts perfectly. But 2 days after I went to start the car and nothing happened. It didn't have the power in the battery to turn over. Relay clicks and fuel pump works ok. There's just not enough in the battery to start.

I tried charging the battery overnight as it wasn't driven in a couple of days, but still wouldnt start the next morning.

I Checked that I have:
- A good ground (very low resistance between negative terminal and ground of car)

- Pulled out fuses that were drawing current from the battery from radio and sub woofer.

- I cleaned both terminals of the battery so have a good connection

- Checked that alternator is working (Reading of 14.4 volts between terminals of the battery when the car is running)

I'm running out of ideas, can anybody think of what else it may be? I'm starting the think maybe it's just the battery that can't hold the charge. Hope to get it tested today. But it was working perfectly, it's about 2 years old..

Any help would be appreciated as I have college exams next week and it's a bit far to walk:( :please:
 
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johnd89 said:
New battery on the way. Hopefully this will fix it
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Do you have a good spare battery? can you borrow one to test to see if it is the battery causing the issue? 10 minute test.
 
Could borrow one yea, a new one would be mo harm anyway as mine is a few years old and have a lot of things drawing current from it.. I'll test it now and see. Thanks
 
^good idea, if you do get it to start, make sure the alt is giving a good charge to the battery, sometimes a bad battery can damage the alt. Good to check it too along with the battery.
 
Got a brand new battery and same story. Not turning the starter motor to start :(
 
Do you have access to a good working spare distributor to test with?
Also double check all the alt connections are solid.

Lastly, can it be push started?
 
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^^even with a new battery, it will not start.
maybe its his starter motor going out, even after his refresh of the started???
 
I know it may seem silly/stupid but are you 100% sure the starter motor was put back together properly? I had a problem when I got my alternator refurbished but they didn't put it together properly and it gave up on me a few days later. Luckily it was still under warranty/guarantee so the repaired it for free :nice:
 
^^^ as above, I would defiantly double check your work.
 
I ended up trying a new starter motor from a friends crashed Civic and that cured it. New battery was no harm anyway. The alternator was working fine as I was getting 14.4volts on the battery when it was running.

I rung a nut on the soft copper bolt that the 12V from battery connects to on the solenoid when connecting it up before. But there was enough thread to bolt it on again. I got the connection bolted securely again but obviously it broke some connection. That's what I'm putting the problem down to. Thanks everyone for the help! Greatly appreciated.

:thanks:
 
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