# Car won't Start POS
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-wont-start-pos/109989
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive
**Created:** [October 3, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-wont-start-pos/109989 "2007-10-03T18:07:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@NoSkillz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NoSkillz)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-wont-start-pos/109989/1 "2007-10-03T18:07:24Z")
Where to begin…
OK basically the car ran for the longest time no probs… Then i did not run it for almost 2 weeks, When I go secure the PFC into position and noticed i have a loose pin somewhere in the ECU harness. Maybe more then one.
Anyways when i felt i secured the pins good enough for the moment. I went to start the car, she would crank, fire, the pump would go, just car wouldn’t start.
I got it to start for a moment but it sounded like a propeller from a plane slowly starting, and picking up speed, but didn’t sound good at all so i just stopped.
Now it won’t even start and i need to be boosting the car just to get it to even crank.
Any recommendations? first I am going to put new plugs for the hell of it considering i need them anyways. Then i need to figure away to make sure all the pins r in good. Any ideas for that would help.
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### Author:  [@R33](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/R33)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-wont-start-pos/109989/2 "2007-10-03T18:12:20Z")
could be just a weak battery . get it tested at cdn tire.
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### Author:  [@NoSkillz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NoSkillz)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-wont-start-pos/109989/3 "2007-10-03T18:18:14Z")
> [@pros/cons: Mazda Vs VW](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pros-cons-mazda-vs-vw/14269/61):
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> could be just a weak battery . get it tested at cdn tire.
I just bought this one a month ago, and i hooked up 2 at once, and even with a car boosting it, the car would just crank. If that was the case i would need a small nuclear generator to start this car… which i don’t have ☹
But this is the case now cause cranking the car so much drained the battery so thats probably why it needs a boost at least.
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### Author:  [@Falchurch101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Falchurch101)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-wont-start-pos/109989/4 "2007-10-03T19:03:23Z")
Starter motor… pull your starter out and take it to canadian tire and get them to test the motor on it… it may be dead
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### Author:  [@NoSkillz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NoSkillz)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2007, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-wont-start-pos/109989/5 "2007-10-04T09:49:42Z")
i don’t think its that, is any other way i can test the starter
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### Author:  [@minimum](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/minimum)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-wont-start-pos/109989/6 "2007-10-04T13:39:42Z")
i bet the started gear isn’t pulling back in far enough… this happened to me, just put some washers between the starter and tranny bolts to space it out.
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### Author:  [@rex\_thugs](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rex_thugs)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-wont-start-pos/109989/7 "2007-10-04T14:11:51Z")
i doubt its the starter, sounds like ur not getting enough spark, change spark plugs first if u say tehre bad, pull each plug out clean them if they have some fuel on them, and then put them back in a and crank. is it a ka or sr.
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### Author:  [@GetARide](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GetARide)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-wont-start-pos/109989/8 "2007-10-04T14:19:58Z")
^ I agree with rex thugs, check the plugs and if its KA, check the distro, probably got a screwed igniter chip, also check the ground on the alternator
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### Author:  [@NoSkillz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NoSkillz)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-wont-start-pos/109989/9 "2007-10-04T19:19:06Z")
its an SR, and yeah i agree im going to change plugs first then il let u know how that goes.