car wont start! need help

[suprafanatic]

so now that it has been getting colder out side my car doesnt want to start.. like if the car sits all night, i go out in the morning to start it it dosent crank or anything, but the battery is still good, all the power stuff works,, and i have to turn the key about 10 times before it starts to crank, then finaly it will start.. whats wrong with it??

 

[NeatOman]

I had the same problem... have you touched the throttle? When i got mine from the junk yard (1200) i replaced all the hoses and couldn't figure out what was wrong.. untill i started playing with the idle flow screw (witch you should NEVER TOUCH, unless someone has done it for you). I remember the guy at the junkyard playing with it so i just started all the way in then did half turns wile i cranked it for 3-5 sec... got it to turn on after 4.5 turns but it idled to high so i took it down a turn.

Or it could be an intake leak or week CPS signal.. does you're tech needle bounce wile you try to start it?

Edit: Every time the weather change allot or i let it sit for two days it would do that until i started playing with that screw some more, i got it to start when ever now... but my idle is high ~800, im sure i have other problems.

 

[zachm611]

maybe loose wires on the battery? or loose ground. if its not cranking at all.

 

[joeyd23]

can u here the selimoid clicking at all? mine wont turn over after i set the factory alarm off until i reset it.

 

[87mgte]

...but my idle is high ~800, im sure i have other problems.

off topic, but how low is our idle normally supposed to be? mine usually idles at 800... is that bad?

 

[NeatOman]

7M-GTE 650

7M-GE 700

 

[suprafanatic]

ok well heres another thing.. didnt start doing it til it was cold.. also my car has always taken like 2-4 times cranking before it will ever start.. whats up with that? also i dont believe the tach bounces. just dead. but stil have power to lights and things.