It is a cold Melbourne morning. Your feet are freezing, your scarf is so tight you feel as though you are strangling yourself and your fingers will not work because they are blue and cold. You slide into the front seat behind the wheel and turn the key. Nothing happens. Well it is winter! Now what do you do? Call the car repair shop? Buy a new, better car? Or you can do few simple things to prevent this happening.
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Starting a car with a cold engine is easier said than done, and there are times it can be a real frustration particularly if you live in the hills or areas that get exceptionally cold. Getting late for work, missing deadlines, not being able to drive the kids to school: these are just some of the things that happen when your car refuses to start due to cold engine. How to avoid this from happening?
Cold weather will come; that’s for sure and inevitable. The trick is to not let cold engines stop you from driving your car without hassles.
Firstly, because cold weather affects liquid evaporation. When it is cold, petrol evaporates less, making it more difficult to burn. By the time petrol burns sufficiently, it is already too burnt for the car to use properly.
Secondly, a cold engine might have problems in starting because oil happens to get thicker in cold weather. Oil, just like any liquid, changes consistency when exposed to very low temperatures. The oil then may not properly circulate in the car engine.
But oil is not the only problem, as car batteries are affected too by cold weather. Since batteries function through chemical reactions, cold weather can severely hamper those necessary chemical reactions, making it hard for you to start your car. You end up starting the engine futilely as the batteries struggle to spark a chemical reaction.
When these three difficulties occur at once, then it becomes clear that you really won’t be able to start your car anymore. What to do then?
Spray ether into the engine to help evaporate the petrol quickly and help your engine to start. Opt for thin synthetic oil which has better resistance from coagulating in the cold. Also, park your vehicle inside a garage where it’s warm and sheltered. Leaving it out in the cold is a sure-fire way to deaden your engine. Never miss a family or business apointment again!
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check the voltage at the battery. if your battery is good (more than 12v dc) then you probably have corroded wires, or a bad starter. check all of your wires first (especially if its ford, fords are notorious for corroded battery wires) and clean any corrosion you find. if that doesn't help then check your starter. if you can jump start your car and everything works fine, then you know the starter isn't the culprit. at least not completely. if the car won't jump start at all then you need a starter. a weak battery, weak starter, or bad wires, or a combination of these, can all lead to your symptoms.
Hi Whitney, it is just possible that the battery terminals on your new battery may not be making a good enough contact to enable the current to pass through to start the car. Try wiggling the battery terminals, if they are loose, try tightening them with a wrench.
Hope this helps, please let us all know if you get the car started!
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Power steering, brakes went out and all lights came on because your engine died. Depends how fast you were driving, your car still repairable. Your timing belt is gone and you need to install new one.
Good luck.
You haven't stated the make and year. It could be the fuel pump as some have stated…I would check the most obvious though…the fuel filter…when it clogs the car may start but has no power and will starve for fuel and quickly die. Some vehicles have several filters from the fuel tank to the carburetor or injection pump. check your manual. Sometime people will add an in-line filter as well…any of them can be clogged.
Fuel filters in diesel engines need regular maintenance failure to do so can not only shut the engine down but can cause damage to the injection pump because the fuel lubricates parts of the pump.
Washing your engine with a lot of water is a bad thing but most of us learn the hard way. You probably didn't do any actual damage but what you need to do next won't be fun. You most likely got water in all the sensors and connectors. Water and these items don't mix. Go through each sensor, disconnect, dry completly, clean with an electic contact cleaner (usually can get this at radio shack), coat with dialectic grease and reconnect. More than likely you have water/corrosion on some sensor/s that is not allowing your car to fire correctly. Try that as a cheap first start. Get every sensor you can. If it still doesn't work the you'll have to get more into the engine. BUT I bet if you do this the car will work just fine. Next time try a citrus based cleaner, rags, toothbrushes and a lot of elbow grease rather than pouring a lot of water on the engine.
Really overfilled?
May have fouled the plugs.
Probably no permanent damage.
If you can remove the plugs would see if they are oily & wet . then clean & dry them before restarting. ( no sense fouling new plugs )
Would replace them even if the car starts & runs .
Could just let it drain completely, refill & let it sit for several hours.
If it turns over without starting , could try some starter fluid.
If it show s signs of life …( coughs & smokes ) then quits, let it sit a little longer & try again.
Could pull one plug to see if it stayed clean.
Works w/ "older" cars ( where you can get at the plugs)…newer ones would take it to a shop if no luck.
Best regards
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Likely the battery. New batteries are not always good, and not always charged and ready to use. Summertime is hard on car/boat/whatever batteries. Many a vehicle is burned up due to lack of care. An unclean or improperly charged battery will cause excess amps drawn and overheating of wires which can ignite things. You will be lucky if you find only burnt wires or relays. Look first at the main cables and ensure a good ground is present and the wires not frayed.
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