integra wont start...

g3integragsr · Post by **g3integragsr** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:19 pm

rickles8099;145091 wrote:first thing i would have done is check your grounds.

correct. Def. check and fix ALL of your grounds

IshbOO · Post by **IshbOO** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:23 pm

rickles8099;145091 wrote:first thing i would have done is check your grounds.

thansk rick. ight its at the bottem of my hill so i got to crutch my way down there. lets hope its just a loose connection to chassis, but i doubt it. i just got all new battery terminals as well. they are nice ones. and the connection on the post of battery is fine i know that for sure.

IshbOO · Post by **IshbOO** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 9:43 pm

thanks everyone.

Bad starter solenoid. After doing alot of work on one leg. I remember someone telling me to hit the starter with a broomstick! and yes it started right up.

Now lets see what was draning my battery, or if it was even draining. :bouncy:

IshbOO · Post by **IshbOO** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:49 am

k well my integra doesn't start right. Still...

It still has a delay maybe 6 seconds after holding the key the starter sometimes kicks on, and battery seems to still not have full power after the car has sat for a hour or two.

Here is what I have done.

New optima Yellowtop Battery, New Battery terminals.

I have checked the battery to ground, the fuse box connections, the tranny to ground, and the engine to ground. Cleaned them including sand paper.

I have tried 3 starters, finally pulled one off my other integra and put it in, it started up the first time. I thought it was fixed.

Then It seems my battery kept dying.

I unhooked my stereo.

I purchased a new 130 AMP HO alternator, installed it.

I drove it around alot the past few days with minimal power usage.

Battery still seems dead after an hour. Car seems to still not start unless it is jumped. Rarely can I get it to start by itself. I do hear a loud click about 80% of my key turns. then it clicks again when I let the key off.

I really need some help, this is really pissing me off. I have to jump my car or pop start it EVERY TIME. lol. any ideas? I'm just hopeing it's something simple that I may have missed.

kra95civic · Post by **kra95civic** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:19 pm

have you tried looking into the ignition... they do go out from time to time

andyjt · Post by **andyjt** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:24 pm

Check Parasidic drain with a DMM.........

SPoole · Post by **SPoole** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:17 pm

kra95civic;152639 wrote:have you tried looking into the ignition... they do go out from time to time

Thats what I was going to suggest. A bad ign switch could cause these issues.

IshbOO · Post by **IshbOO** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:52 pm

SPoole;152982 wrote:Thats what I was going to suggest. A bad ign switch could cause these issues.

turns out to be a bad ignition switch along with that starter im pretty sure. but its fixed now. wasted alot of money on new parts, but oh well. lol. thanks everyone again. and thanks andyjt for the quik info helped pretty quik.

andyjt · Post by **andyjt** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:32 pm

IshbOO;153540 wrote:turns out to be a bad ignition switch along with that starter im pretty sure. but its fixed now. wasted alot of money on new parts, but oh well. lol. thanks everyone again. and thanks andyjt for the quik info helped pretty quik.

no problem Ish.

IshbOO · Post by **IshbOO** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:59 pm

soo, i thought I had fixed this mystery problem.

since what i stated before, i changed main relay, and changed iginiton switch thought I had fixed it.

turns out it fixed it for maybe a week or so.

I then inspected more under by the ignition switch, found that the ignition switch plug has come loose or something, well i plugged it back in and it works like new yet again... for another week...

then im guessing it may come loose or something I'm not sure really whats going on, but I still get the effects of a draining battery, or bad ignition switch when there is no drainage and i've replaced everything.

sometimes i can unplug the iginition switch and plug it back in, and then it works good for a day or so,

think maybe the plug on the wire harness is at fault? any other ideas?

I was gonna go ahead and change the interior fuse box. maybe something could be bad on it?

its almost as if there is just not good enough of a connection between the top plug above the fuse box, and of top plug of the ignition switch, like when I jump the car, maybe that gives it enough juice to give some power to it, and starts the car.

because jumping it works everytime.