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Car drove fine, sat for one day, then won't start??

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srpjosh

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Oct 27, 2008
Jacksonville, Florida
So, here's the issue. I last drove my car on Thursday night. It ran great, sounded great, everything was fine. It sat all day Friday, and then this morning. I went to start it around 6pm tonight, with no success. I checked the usual suspects. Here's a list of what I checked and what I found.

Battery Volts - 12.5v
Spark plugs - looked fine, no build up and all gapped to 0.038
Spark plug wires - all wires where lighting up spark plugs
Coil-pack - not arcing off of head
Fuel Injectors - all pulsing and squirting
Fuel Pump - turns on
Gas - have 93 in tank
Oil - at acceptable level and clean, no water in oil
Boost Leak Test - only minor leaks, all were fixed (nothing changed)
Compression check - 170's across the board
Starter - spins flywheel fine
ECU - reset it (nothing changed)

Any help would be great!!
 
Check the clutch start switch. I found mine today.

1.Follow the clutch pedal under the dash and you should see a bent braket with a small hole in it attached to the pedal.

2.When you press the clutch there should be a small button that goes into the hole of the braket.

3.If the button goes into the hole without catching the the bracket then the switch needs to be adjusted.

4.Move the switch up and down until it is grased by the braket and is pushed in until it slowly falls into the hole and releases.

5.When the button is pushed, the car should start.

P.S. the switch will be very far up into the dash, close to the interior fuse panel
 
I have by switch disconnected electronically so that I don't have to engage my clutch everytime I start my car. Also, if that WAS the problem the engaged clutch wouldn't allow the flywheel to spun. The starter would only make a clicking sound like tapping keys on a piece of glass. My starter spins my flywheel fine, it just won't start.
 
Are you throwing any codes? If your CAS is sending a faulty signal (or if you jumped timing somehow) then you'll crank all day but never fire.
 
Turn your ignition off and connect a multimeter in series with the battery (disconnect ground, neg lead to ground, pos lead to the positive on battery post) and do an amperage test. you may have a parasitic draw somewhere in the system. if your reading high amperage, start by taking out one fuse at a time until that amperage number drops. whatever fuse that may be, may be where your parasitic draw is coming from, that electrical system at least
 
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