My car cranks but won't start

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My car cranks but won't start

By vasquezkito
- Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:28 pm #332603 Like it says in the title my car just doesn't wanna
Turn on at first i thought it needed gas but no
Then my battery but no.
I recently did a wire tuck by rywire an got all my connections
Connected I checked everything but nuthin

I just need to kno what else it could be
Most of the tech where I work at say its not
Getting spark or ur connections are wrong
But idk I've done an checked the usual
Procedures to start a car an now I'm out of ideas
Plz help me :( lol
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Re: My car cranks but won't start

By ohDirka
- Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:39 pm #332604
vasquezkito wrote:I've done an checked the usual
Procedures to start a car


What procedures have you done? Have you checked all the fuses? Checked all grounds? Have you checked the voltage going to the starter?
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By vasquezkito
- Fri Jun 07, 2013 3:26 pm #332608 I've checked all my connections
Checked my battery
Checked my fuel an that's it
How can I check the voltage to the starter
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By ohDirka
- Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:50 pm #332627
vasquezkito wrote:I've checked all my connections
Checked my battery
Checked my fuel an that's it
How can I check the voltage to the starter


Sorry read it wrong this morning. If its cranking then the stater would be getting enough voltage. Go with what Teal_dx said. :thumb:
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By vasquezkito
- Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:49 pm #332628 I checked battery
And my fuel an timing should be fine I never messed
Wit them thru out the process

But all I need to check is my spark an starter
I haven't checked those yet
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By vasquezkito
- Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:49 pm #332629 I just don't know how to check if
I'm getting enough spark an enough
Voltage to the starter
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By Punksz6
- Sat Jun 08, 2013 1:57 am #332631 Hi is your car a manual or auto? If its manual u can push start it.. if it starts its your starter.. if not pretty sure your coil or icm is out. Both are inside the distributor. These can both be tested.
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By teal_dx
- Sat Jun 08, 2013 5:43 am #332637 I like to check spark by pulling the plug wire from the spark plug and put the end of the plug wire on the valve cover. Then have someone crank the car and look for the spark arcing from the wire to the valve cover. Spark is easiest to see at night.
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By vasquezkito
- Sat Jun 08, 2013 2:28 pm #332643 ima check my spark today and re check all my connections
and porbably take off my alternator to see if its good thank youll
i appreciate it
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By vasquezkito
- Sat Jun 08, 2013 2:32 pm #332644 ohh and i forgot to mention i relocated my battery to the trunk
and my gound is on my strut tower but idk if i connected my power
wire right cause i connected it straight to the fuse box and idk if that
gives it enough power or not or if i was supposed to connect it straight to the starter
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By vasquezkito
- Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:39 pm #332724 Update: I did the spark test an I didn't see no spark
But one question is it supposed to be a big spark or a small
Spark cause I didn't see anything or hear anything
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