So all week my car didnt want to crank very easily. Today it didn't want to crank at all. I figured it was the battery, so I got a new one. Still doesn't want to crank.

normaly when you crank a car it should go:
chug chug chug vroom

Mine goes:

chug chug chug chuuuuuuuuuuu

Its not the starter, because the engine is turning over.
It is getting spark.

Could it be the fuel filter, it could have been getting pretty clogged reciently, causing the crappy morning startup?

if it turns then turns slower then you're looking at a power related issue. if the fuel filter was bad it would turn over at normal speed the whole time and just not want to start.

from the sound you described it sounds like a power issue. check your battery cables and grounds from the motor to the chassis.

where is the ground located?

Frosty_SPL wrote:where is the ground located?

there are generally a few. the main one goes from the front of the intake manifold to the chassis at the battery tray and up to the battery. also clean the connections if you haven't already.

ive had a problem lately where a small cable attached to this little metal tab on the starter keeps coming loose, and finally it won't crank at all. usually it's either an on or off thing though, although once it was sorta loose and just made it crank slowly and sound real bad. probably not it, but just throwing that out there.

I took out my battery again, the grounds are secure, but rusty. I tried to crank it again, i could hear the fuel pump for a few seconds when i put the key in the start position. I could also smell gas a little bit.

sounds a lot like a spark issue to me would have to come look at it to be sure.

So Matt came over, and it cranked right up before he touched it. grr.


Dumb 240 making me look like a retard.

I still love you Clint.