Need a Mechanic!!!!
 

Hiya

Is anyone, or does anyone know a good, cheapish mechanic or garage. My Car is refusing to do anything,not even turn over. Battery is charged, have tried bump starting it, but still nowt....

Can anyone please help????????????

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If its a petrol engine, then most likely seeing the weather we've been having, sounds like ice in the carb or fuel line.

When you say won't turn over, do you mean the stater motor won't spin the engine. Could be the battery connections, when did you last clean them.

Retlaw.

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I cleaned the contacts the other day when i put the jump leads on. The battery is fine and seems to be holding power and its lighting everything up etc. When you turn the key theres nothing, I tried bumping it earlier but nothing at all happened

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You said the engine will not turn over - do you get any noise at all? Switch your lights on and then try to start it. Do your lights dim at all. If they don't I would say that the starter is not trying to turn the engine over at all. That could be a solenoid problem or it could be an immobiliser fault. Do you have a spare key? - if so try and start it with that. What car is it as well please - the more info you can give the more we can help - is it petrol or diesel - what reg/year is it.

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hiya everyone

Thanks for all your help, I've given in and sent it to a garage, well theyre picking it up on Monday. Hopefully its only a little poorliness as oppose to terminal :(

Thanks again tho

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Aah poor Onlyme .. 'tis rotten when they don't behave isn't it ? Probably nowt much.

Presume you were not in the AA or anything ... might be worth strongly considering. One of those things you take a gamble at, but even a flat tyre is difficult to change at the road side for us ladies, due to the tightness of the nuts. :( They are brilliant these days.

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hehe those tight nuts are a real pain arnt they ;). She is with an auto service Kate but not sure just what they did for her, Hubby seems to think it may be her starter motor.:D But even we give up with the car lmao!!!! oops sorry nic:tongueout;):D

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Did you do what I suggested? I like to see if my remote diagnostic skills are accurate. If it is the key you could same yourself the hastle and money of the garage.

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Our car was doing something similar, changed the battery and hey presto!!!

:D:D

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I will go with the starter motor. :D

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Wouldnt it still bump start if it was the starter motor?

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Yes it would. That is why I suggested the immobiliser circuit and suggested trying a spare key if she has one. Many cars now will not even turn over the starter motor if the immobiliser circuit does not recognise the key in the ignition, my Mondeo is one that wont. Most garages will be unable to repair immobiliser faults and will get an autoelectrition in to fix it. Then again many autoelectritions dont have the equipment to cure immobiliser faults either and end up getting a certain (infrequent) member on here to fix it for them.

Some people get mixed up between jump and bump starting - I am not suggesting this is the case here but I have heard many people say bump start when they have used jump leads.

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Tried both jump starting and bump starting (I know the difference luckily :D) and tried both keys for her and still no joy

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Sounds like its broke then! :D

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did you try kicking it and swearing at it?

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Did you try and start it with the head lights on though to see if they dimmed?

The starter motor draws about 80 amps so you should see the head lights dip if it is jammed. On some cars they have a fuse for the ignition system which can include the starter solenoid. It is worth checking all the fuses. Depending on the car they sometimes like to hide them though.

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That should always be the first action taken with any faulty item :D

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works for me :D

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tried crying, pleading, asking it nicely and also threatened it with a replacement....

Its at the garage today, hopefully they'll coax it into submission (or even ignition)...

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Its easy to get started just use an Irish Screwdriver on it :rolleyes:

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Make sure you hit it rather than poke it though. Irish Poke has been banned ;)

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just as a matter of interest did we get the car fixed
and what the hell was it :dflam: