I was driving along in my renault clio mk1 and suddenly the car just cut out and i pulled over. I have tried bump starting it but nothing happens and when i turn the key i can hear the starter motor solenoid but thats it. And before you all ask, yes i have petrol in it!!!
2007-03-16 02:06:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
sounds like you broke a timing belt do you have around 90 k on it?? thats when they break
2007-03-16 02:22:15 · answer #1 · answered by mobile auto repair (mr fix it) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If all you can hear is the solenoid click, then it's time for a new starter motor. After a period of time the contact plate inside the solenoid becomes badly pitted, as well as the input & output terminals.
Replacing the solinoid, at best, would only be a temperary fix. If the solinoid is in that bad of condition the starter motor is not far behind.
2007-03-16 09:29:07 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have at least 12.5 volts at the solenoid heavy terminal? For the third time today, I'm suggesting checking for a melted fusible link. If you can, take a jumper cable directly to the motor side of the solenoid and see if the starter cranks.
2007-03-16 09:27:42 · answer #3 · answered by lurned1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simplistically speaking, an internal combustion motor needs 3 things to run. Fuel/air mixture in the combustion chamber, compression, and spark. If it turns over but won't start, one or more of those three things are missing. Find out which, fix the problem, and you're then good to go again.
From the way you described it it sounds like you lost spark. Pull a plug wire and hold it near the metal part of the engine (carefully, you don't want to get shocked) while someone turns the engine over. If you don't see a nice fat blue spark, that is the problem. If you do, look to a bad fuel pump.
2007-03-16 09:16:40 · answer #4 · answered by oklatom 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have an overhead cam in that engine.If your odometor has reached 150,000 km,then your (manufacturer recommended) life span on your timing belt is near.Good chance that your belt has slipped a cog and your timing is all out of wack.
2007-03-16 11:09:25 · answer #5 · answered by barney 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 things to check.first see if your getting gas to the injectors and second,see if you are getting spark.take 1 of the plug wires off and have someone crank the engine and look for spark.
2007-03-16 10:11:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i want to say the alternator or the belt. were you able to start the car back up?
2007-03-16 09:39:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would bet it is the fuel pump
2007-03-16 09:12:24 · answer #8 · answered by j g 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋