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98 csvt WONT START! (ERRRRRR)

Jeffro941

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PLEASE HELP!!! my 98 csvt wont start. i just got the Trubendz with the borla muffler. and yesterday i saw that it was leaking right above the muffler to where it goes back to stock so i took it off and tried to fix it. well when i got done i went to start it it didnt start. all it would do is "ERRRRRRRR" when i would turn the key.later that night after i got off work i went to try it again and n it went ERR so i stoped then tried again it went ERR again. and then it started up ... so i took it for a drive got back home and turned it off and went to start it back up again and it just keep going "ERRRR" every time i tried to start it.
so now today i went out there and tried to jump my car but that didnt do anything. i also checked all of my fuses under my hood. all of them are good. it just keeps going ERRR when i turn the key.
PLEASE HELP! im thinking mabey its my alternator? 02 sensor? battery? (my battery has some crarozon)
ANOTHER THING .. ITS VERY COLD HERE IN DELAWARE. FREEZING WEATHER. i dont know if that has anything to do with it. ...

THank you for your time! i really need help
 
I'm gonna say battery since you say it might have corrosion. A little spray and some brushing should clean it right up. You didnt leave the stereo on while working on the car did you?
 
na i didnt leave the raido on. i been asking some people what they might think it is. and like 2 people said it might be the "Starter" ... i dont know. like when i turn the key all of my lights come on and everything and the radio also comes on.. its just instead of starting it goes errrrr.. :help:I dont know. im going to go buy a new battery and if that dont work then i guess i have to take it to the shop to look at it. but i know they are gonna say a bunch of stuff is wrong and charge me an arm and a leg. :cry: ...

PLEASE ALL ADVICE ..
thanks, jeff


I also did the ob11 test thing. and it didnt spit out any codes so i dont think its the 02 sensor. what do u think?
 
ANOTHER THING .. ITS VERY COLD HERE IN DELAWARE. FREEZING WEATHER. i dont know if that has anything to do with it. ...


I've had my CSVT for two years when April 09 hits, and I've lived in Delaware since those two years and mine sits outside everyday and i start it up fine in the morning at 630am.

Whereabout in DE are you? PM me, i might be able to swing by if your close enough to me.
 
the noise your describing is prob the starter. Is it a high pitched metallic sound like gears grinding etc??? If it is then it sounds like a starter issue to me.
 
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