My jeep has been hesitating to start in the am. And if I even leave the headlights on for a few minutes, the battery dies. I bought a new battery and it still wont start. Jumped it once and it started, now it wont jump at all. Any ideas??????
2006-12-10 08:18:33 · 6 answers · asked by michelegvn 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
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2006-12-10 08:22:49 · answer #1 · answered by gdwrnch40 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suspect you wore out the last battery trying so hard to start it. The second battery isn't helping because it wasn't the battery at all that is the problem.
You may have a faulty Fuel Pressure Regulator. This part does exactly what its name implies - regulates pressure in the fuel system. When it fails fuel gets dumped back into the tank instead of staying in the fuel supply lines, thus causing a drop in fuel pressure. With insufficient fuel pressure the engine may be either very reluctant to start (slow) or it may not start at all.
Could also be a fuel pump failure but I don't it since you did get it started at least once.
The Pressure Regulator on a Jeep is part of the fuel pump, which is in the gas tank. If one or the other goes you have to replace the whole unit.
2006-12-10 10:08:15 · answer #2 · answered by Naughtums 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be a bad sensor. Is check engine lite on ?? Scan for codes as your battery problem may have erased them. Your explanation is a little vague but I would still say a bad sensor the hesitation to start could be a crank/cam sensor problem also I would suspect the throttle position sensor. Could be any one. Don't change anything till you are sure of the problem.
2006-12-10 08:49:37 · answer #3 · answered by tronary 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one of the things that happens in a bunch of cars is the sorry cables that come from the maker....battery power has to travel two ways around (ask an engineer) the cables --one way to start and the other way to charge--you need to look at the connection of the cables and the possibility of buying some heavy duty cables (2--negative and positive) to assist you car to operate correctly____ do you have all electric car and big stereo stuff and how much equiptment has been added and etc..good luck
2006-12-10 08:27:46 · answer #4 · answered by XTX 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charging system issue
2006-12-10 08:28:08 · answer #5 · answered by stealth5033 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you shure those cable ends are shiny clean ? clean both ends of both cables and see if that helps
2006-12-10 09:10:52 · answer #6 · answered by sterling m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋