The car drove fine earlier today and last night. When I came home from school I parked it in the garage like i always do. Went out to buy some oil for an oil change with my mom’s car. Got back, wanted to drive the car up on 2 x 4 s in order to fit my jack under there…NOTHING. Turn key, pump primes, radio comes on, everything is ok, Turn key to stat, TICK TICK TICK…
OK, last time this happened (it happens once in a while) it is usually because of corrosion on my battery terminals (especially the gegative one). So i clean off some of the crap, and still nothing.
Multimeter says 12.59 at battery (in trunk), and the same in engine bay.
I try to start again, same shit, ticks are not as strong this time.
I leave the key in the ON position, turbo timer shows 11.7 volts. Then a few seconds later, i hear a relay-like clicking, all of the dummy lights on the dash go dim and the numbers on the TT go nuts showing 0.58 and other shit.
I try again and run to the fusebox in the engine bay, THE EGI PUMP relay/switch/fuse is going nuts. I’ve never heard this before.
10 minutes pass…i have a smoke and go take a shit.
I come back, try again, Now the car has no power, Fuel pump will not prime, TT flashes 0.30V. Battery now shows 12.44 volts on multimeter.
If ok… take a stick or long screwdriver and whack it a couple of times, it might unstick the solnoid. If that doesn’t work, get someone to whack it while you try starting the car.
If that works, you should probably look into getting your starter rebuilt or a different one.
You could also try to bump start the car, but if its something more than the starter… that might not be a wise choice.
… but this doesn’t explain the weird voltages you are getting. Try this starter thing tho, it might be the prob.
