Re: [DML] Car wont start (continued).

["Adam Price" <acprice1@xxxx>]

Could you please walk me through how to check for spark? I remember it got 
posted a while back, but I dont have that post anymore.

Also, I just went out and tried to start it again, and it almost started, 
then it died and now its doing what it did before. Only now the starter is 
making a noise similar to, but not as loud or abrasive, as when the ignition 
key is held too long after a startup. I am thinking it is the starter.

Where do I measure voltage at the starter? Is it from the positive terminal 
on the starter solenoid to chassis ground, or is there an easier to reach 
spot?

Thanks, Adam

> From: "jtrealtywebspannet" <jtrealty@xxxx>
> Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [DML] Car wont start (continued).
> Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 06:23:59 -0000
>
> You must try to narrow down to the system that is malfunctioning. At
> this point it could be either fuel or ignition. The easiest place to
> start is to pull a spark plug wire and see if you are getting spark.
> Just switching or changing parts won't usually do it unless you are
> lucky but you still won't really know what you are doing. When you are
> trying to start do you smell gasoline? Is the fuel tank empty or very
> low? You should hear the fuel pump running at least a little. Check
> and cycle the inertia switch. Measure the voltage at the fuel pump.
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757
>
>
>
> --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Adam Price" <acprice1@xxxx> wrote:
> >
> > The engine wont turn over. I measured the voltage across the battery
> while
> > trying to start the car. the voltage drops from 12.5v to 10v, this
> should be
> > adequate to turn the starter. I also swapped relays since a bunch of
> them
> > are the same, and that didnt help either. I dont think its the
> starter, but
> > I'm new with cars. The car gives the shake, and the standard
> chugachuga
> > noise that is usually quickly followed by the engine starting up.
> THe loud
> > whirring noise is also present, sounds like the fuel pump, but much
> louder
> > than normal.
> >
> > THanks
> > Adam
> >
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