My 00R will not start......any ideas why?

michaelm

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I am in Canada and store the car in a heated garage. (3 years now)

I started the car 2 weeks ago, no problem but it seemed to run a bit rough.

Went to start the car today and it would turn over but not start.

It was +35 degrees F outside.

Any ideas why not starting??????

Thanks!

Mike
 

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I would check the spark first. If that is fine, then i would move to fuel. It would be either one of them. Did it run fine the last time you took it out? Also if you are just starting it up and not driving it, condinsation will build up in the fuel cell.
 

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I am in Canada and store the car in a heated garage. (3 years now)

I started the car 2 weeks ago, no problem but it seemed to run a bit rough.

Went to start the car today and it would turn over but not start.

It was +35 degrees F outside.

Any ideas why not starting??????

Thanks!

Mike


Unplug the crank positioning sensor, squirt some contact cleaner on it and the plug, reconnect and retry.


That is, if you have good gas! ;-)

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Thanks guys.

probably the gas.

Should I drain the tank and put in fresh gas?

Have had no time to drive the car. Too busy with work.

Mike
 

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do you hear the fuel pump click on when you turn the key to the on position?

have you checked the pressure in the fuel rails?
 

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I doubt it is the gas. I have had nasty gas that was YEARS OLD and was still able to get the car to start. Might sound horrible but it will run.

Yours is another issue.

Tom
 
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I doubt it is the gas. I have had nasty gas that was YEARS OLD and was still able to get the car to start. Might sound horrible but it will run.

Yours is another issue.

Tom

+1

I've started trucks, cars, quads, etc that sat for YEARS outside, not in just 1 year and in a garage. Never heard of bad gas
 

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Could have been 35F outside; but if you have water in the tank it *could* have been frozen at the bottom around the pickup/sock.

You said it was in a heated garage; but made note of the cold temp. Just throwing it out there.
 

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I doubt it is the gas. I have had nasty gas that was YEARS OLD and was still able to get the car to start. Might sound horrible but it will run.

Yours is another issue.

Tom

I am in agreement^^^^^. When I bought my 2000R in 2003 it had 21.6 original miles and the original 3 year old fuel. The fuel smelled terrible, the car ran a little sluggish, but it did run, and like I said, that was 3 year old fuel.

There were a couple of times when this same 00R had these same symptoms, engine spins over, but no fire up, and then I would try again and it would start and run fine..........:shrug:

R
 

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There were a couple of times when this same 00R had these same symptoms, engine spins over, but no fire up, and then I would try again and it would start and run fine..........:shrug:

R

This has happened to me a few times, till last summer I found I had a bad coil, cyl. # 5, changed it, and it's been fine since..
 

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Try clear flood mode by holding the gas pedal to the floor and cranking it over. It maybe flooded with to much fuel? Has happened to me a couple of times if I let off the key to soon while trying to start the car.

Paul.
 

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