Car not starting :(

**Drew** · 27-04-2007 08:00 PM

Well at least if your car doesn't start you have some good rep now

**civic-dream** · 27-04-2007 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by Drew

Well at least if your car doesn't start you have some good rep now

i think i'll take your advice and try jump starting it first...

i'll get back to you guys if it doesn't work

**040501912** · 27-04-2007 08:34 PM

ahahhaa ...

good luck ! you will need it

**Drew** · 28-04-2007 08:30 AM

If you cant get anything by jump starting I'll tell you how to forcefully start it

**dsp26** · 28-04-2007 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by Drew

If you cant get anything by jump starting I'll tell you how to forcefully start it

Does it look anything like your avatar? lol

**JohnnyVtec** · 28-04-2007 11:28 AM

why not just pull the battery out and take it to supercheap to have them test it? Obviously the cca's are low and your battery may not be salvagable at this point. The battery for that car requires a fairly high amount of cold cranking amps 430 or so, in order to turn over the high compression ratio engine.

Should cost you 80-180 depending on the quality battery you get.

If you luck out with push starting or jump starting it (not always likely to work) there's a good chance that the cells wont have the ablity to produce the amps required to retain the use of your battery any longer.

It's best to drive the car on the motorway if you're trying to charge the battery via the alternator. If you know the car is going to be sitting for a while. One of the most common and effective ways to prevent the battery from draining cell life is to dis-connect the negative terminal clamp on the battery.

Hope this helps,

**aaronng** · 28-04-2007 12:14 PM

^^ It'll probably need only 2xx CCA to start.

**JohnnyVtec** · 28-04-2007 01:10 PM

Originally Posted by aaronng

^^ It'll probably need only 2xx CCA to start.

Anythings possible...

**Drew** · 28-04-2007 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by dsp26

Does it look anything like your avatar? lol

Yeah something like that...

You just run a wire from the positive terminal on the battery to the starter solenoid and should throw the starter and crank the car

If it works that way but not with the key then something is wrong with the wiring

**civic-dream** · 29-04-2007 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by JohnnyVtec

why not just pull the battery out and take it to supercheap to have them test it? Obviously the cca's are low and your battery may not be salvagable at this point. The battery for that car requires a fairly high amount of cold cranking amps 430 or so, in order to turn over the high compression ratio engine.

Should cost you 80-180 depending on the quality battery you get.

If you luck out with push starting or jump starting it (not always likely to work) there's a good chance that the cells wont have the ablity to produce the amps required to retain the use of your battery any longer.

It's best to drive the car on the motorway if you're trying to charge the battery via the alternator. If you know the car is going to be sitting for a while. One of the most common and effective ways to prevent the battery from draining cell life is to dis-connect the negative terminal clamp on the battery.

Hope this helps,

thanks alot for the useful info

I jump started the car last nite and it started fine... so i pretty much got worried for nothing...

I wasn't aware that a fairly new battery could lose power so quickly .. I drove the car around for about 20mins every 4-5 days to stop this from happening ... now i realise it wasn't enough to keep the battery charged.