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Need some help guys. I went to start my car just now and it wont crank over. It feel like it wants to but it wont. I thought it was the battery because the eye was black but my brother came here and jumped it and that didnt work. The tow truck is comeing now but what do you think its gonna be. Alternator, starter, ex

Did it turn over when you jumped it? If not then the jumper cable connection was bad unless you could hear the starter whirring and not engaging anything. If it did turn over and not start, then you've got problems with spark or fuel.

Rick

Originally posted by Buckshot77:

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Did it turn over when you jumped it? If not then the jumper cable connection was bad unless you could hear the starter whirring and not engaging anything. If it did turn over and not start, then you've got problems with spark or fuel.

Rick

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Rick i know for a fact the wires were on. The eye on the battery went to green, All i could hear is the car trying to start but wouldnt. Its more of a sound like you said a whirring but wouldnt kick over no mater what we did. Thank god i have the extended warrenty. I should know soon what the problem is, At least i hope

If you could here the starter whirring freely it means the starter wasn't engaging the flywheel. My guess is the starter is bad. Cold weather could easily have gummed up the bearing grease enough for the bendix and wouldn't allow it to come forward enough to engage the flywheel teeth.

Rick

any updates kevin?

Check for fuel....

Over the summer my fuel pump died and the car would crank and crank but never turn over. Or just this week, my IAC valve went bad and the car would do the same thing, crank but no start.

My Diagnosis (from an ASE tech):

'Ask, and ye shall receive'
God probably 'Danged it', right at that point, the first time you ever said: "God dangit!", to your Contour.
But the HARD part, is figuring out what his exact definition of the word: 'dangit' is
Has this event been followed by a continuous string of other 'mysterious' car problems, or is this an isolated incident?

Yeah.... someone danged me before, and I even had the black eye like Kevin mentioned.

Well heres the update, I had her towed to a local shop and they looked into it. Heres what he said, He said my engine was flooded pretty bad that there was gas all over the place and crap. he also said i had no compression(Sp) and that he thought i blew the engine some how. he took the spark plugs off and found gas around there as well???. He cleaned them up changed the oil got in thew start turned the Key and Vroooommmm, She started up. The problem havent come back yet.

how'd compression come back?

At least she's running now.

The mechanic probably had a piece of carbon stuck in his one-way valve on his compression testor, and it wasn't holding full pressure during comp test. It's happened to me before, and can appear like a motor loosing compression. That's my half-a$$ed best guess?

Severe flooding washes the oil off ov the rings and can cause the lifters to collapse reducing compression. If your gas milage sucks, find the cause or it will do it again.

As I tell everyone with poor gas milage, check your oil. Smell it for gas. Change it if there is gas. Gas in the oil will wear an engine out quick.

Originally posted by Rogerm60:

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Severe flooding washes the oil off ov the rings and can cause the lifters to collapse reducing compression. If your gas milage sucks, find the cause or it will do it again.

As I tell everyone with poor gas milage, check your oil. Smell it for gas. Change it if there is gas. Gas in the oil will wear an engine out quick.

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I will keep an eye on my oil next time i change it. AS far as my gas milage its fine??.

If gas milage is OK, maybe the injectors are dripping after you turn it off.

I don't like to be prick, but can we watch what we use for our subject titles? It might offend some of "us".I don't think God has much to do with your problem. Thanks. (Eternal Flame Suit on)

Originally posted by SVTMike99:

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I don't like to be prick, but can we watch what we use for our subject titles? It might offend some of "us".I don't think God has much to do with your problem. Thanks. (Eternal Flame Suit on)

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please tell me you are joking.

Originally posted by SVTMike99:

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I don't like to be prick, but can we watch what we use for our subject titles? It might offend some of "us".I don't think God has much to do with your problem. Thanks. (Eternal Flame Suit on)

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Mike sorry man maybe i shouldnt of used that title. If you were offended Im Sorry man. Thanks everyone else for helping.