Car has been sitting for awhile, took the cover off today to run it, and wont start.

Sounds like it wants to start, but wont. Thought it was a dead battery..but it wont charge or jump off. ideas?

 

bad ground maybe when u tryed to boost it

 

Its been on my friends car for like 10 mins but nothing is changeing

 

how long has it been sitting

 

How long is "A While"?

Bad gas? You need fuel, spark and air. Start eliminating.

Joel

 

Also the stero works, and the headlights and everything are working fine.
the temp gauge says -40 tho?

Been sittin like 3-4 days.

 

u beat me to it lol i was going to say bad gas

add some new has to it

 

-40? Does Nashville get that cold? ha.

That sounds PCM related then. Try resetting it? Take off your negative cable for 10 min or so. Any CEL's?

Joel

Haha Dezzie, great minds think alike eh. .

 

No nothing is wrong with the car..
Ive just never seen anything like it.
It acts just like a dead battery.

 

If the headlights work, it cranks over and sounds like it's going to start I don't think that sounds like a dead battery.

Joel

 

my guess is the battery

 

Did you try a bump start?

Joel

 

If u see the shrader calve for the fuel see f ure getting fuel. Press the. Nozzle down. U could have a frozen fuel line. Hint summer gas no ethanol added.

 

hahah yaaa...put some gas kine antifrezze in her and some new fuel

 

I have never once seen gasoline freeze, it would gel before that and would have to be unbearably cold (Too cold for this guy to be outside jump starting haha).

I agree with checking for fuel though.

Like I said, you need air fuel and spark, start eliminating and get back to us.

Joel

 

Out here in the states the gas stations are allowed no more then 8% water. So if he pushed water inro his system it can freeze. Ice seen it happen. And gelling ice seen this mainly in deisel.

 

Ice is supposed to be I've lol. Sorry.

 

I put a battery charger on it tonight, see what happens.
Then I will start on other things.. thanks for the info guys.

 

my guess is a thermostat or the battery

 

temp gauge says -40 or does the coolant say -40?

 

Did you end up trying to push start or trying to reset the ECU?

I do not understand how this could be the battery if your saying you boosted it, and it sounds like its going to start but just won't. If it's cranking, and every battery related thing works like you've said I don't think its the battery. Your probably getting air, check for fuel and spark.

Joel

 

Try not to overcomplicate things. If the battery is dead ,the car wont boost , as the engine management system needs 12+ volts to run. He has done the right thing , charge battery and try again. Its an 06 ,the battery is probably done. They dont last for ever.

 

push start that sucka. push it step on the clutch drop it to 2nd n dump that clutch =p

 

What battery would be a good choice to replace this one with? Since it is prob the battery.

 

If the car can crank over and he has jumped it and it stil won't start.battery is out of the question. A car needs 12 volts to start correct and to run it uses the aternator so he needs to check for fuel and spark.