car won't start
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Staging Lane
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From: Mckinney, Tx
car won't start its not the batt. I don't here anything clicking either. it was fine the day before and all the sudden it just won't start anymore? any ideas maybe somebody else has gone through this already.
Have you already checked your battery connections? Wires going to the starter still connected tightly? Does the dash stay lit up? radio stay on when you turn it over?? It could be a number of small things, or your starter may have died.
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From: St. Peters, MO
Originally Posted by '97SLVRBullet
Or your opti took a dive
Seriously thought...this happened to me once and it was the connections to the battery....wasnt getting a good ground...check all the simple stuff like engine ground...coil wire being plugged in. what kinda tranny is it? maybe u could pop start it (last resort) if its an M6
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From: H-Town, Texas
Originally Posted by Jordan57
Maybe its his valve covers that are hitting his valvetrain.....
Seriously thought...this happened to me once and it was the connections to the battery....wasnt getting a good ground...check all the simple stuff like engine ground...coil wire being plugged in. what kinda tranny is it? maybe u could pop start it (last resort) if its an M6
Seriously thought...this happened to me once and it was the connections to the battery....wasnt getting a good ground...check all the simple stuff like engine ground...coil wire being plugged in. what kinda tranny is it? maybe u could pop start it (last resort) if its an M6
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From: St. Peters, MO
Hey man come on up to Arkansas were I'm going to school and driving a oh prob mid 17 sec truck. Bottom line is while you did apologize you continued to give bad information......and you think because your car is soooo much faster you know more about these cars....hahaha....go polish your tall valve covers *** clown.
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From: H-Town, Texas
Originally Posted by Jordan57
Hey man come on up to Arkansas were I'm going to school and driving a oh prob mid 17 sec truck. Bottom line is while you did apologize you continued to give bad information......and you think because your car is soooo much faster you know more about these cars....hahaha....go polish your tall valve covers *** clown.
And if the car will turn over and not start, he's checked everything else, hhmmm. Do you know what happens when the optical eye in the opti goes bad? It won't ****** start! That is not bad advice. Now I realize I may have read his question wrong, so I widthdraw my statement if the car is not doing anything at all. Trending Topics
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From: St. Peters, MO
Hey man no hard feelings....I just hate to see a Newbie get discouraged on a swap because of something thats not for real. It's cool tho man...just go whupp your buddies *** who sold you the valve covers...lol.... Is the car still not starting man? Check the computer and all wiring leading to it...cuz that could be a problem
Is the car still not starting man? Check the computer and all wiring leading to it...cuz that could be a problem LS1 Tech Stories
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Staging Lane
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From: Mckinney, Tx
well ive checked everything got a new starter for it checked the battery connections cleaned them real good. its not opti or it would try to crank, but would'nt turn over already had that problem. what about VATS anybody know anything about that maybe thats why it won't start? i dunno
Originally Posted by S8ER95Z
Im thinking the ignition switch..they do have a habit of going bad.. I melted 2 of them..had to replace the wiring harness and all.
Still untuned, stock heads...few guys are seeing up to 350rwhp on stock heads.. so you dont have to have ported heads..but it would be ideal. see the kills section for a relative idea of how its running... its nothing to brag about right now 
Originally Posted by Slow TA
well ive checked everything got a new starter for it checked the battery connections cleaned them real good. its not opti or it would try to crank, but would'nt turn over already had that problem. what about VATS anybody know anything about that maybe thats why it won't start? i dunno
If the Vats is the problem, the security light will stay on.
Opti doesnt control the starter. Even if the opti was bad when you try to start it, the car would crank all day but never fire.
Originally Posted by '97SLVRBullet
Or your opti took a dive
Opti doesnt control the starter. Even if the opti was bad when you try to start it, the car would crank all day but never fire.
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From: H-Town, Texas
Originally Posted by Bizzzatch350
If the Vats is the problem, the security light will stay on.
Opti doesnt control the starter. Even if the opti was bad when you try to start it, the car would crank all day but never fire.
Opti doesnt control the starter. Even if the opti was bad when you try to start it, the car would crank all day but never fire.