Engine cranks but won't start...
02-12-2011, 12:01 PM
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Engine cranks but won't start...
So right now my poor TSX is dead ):
The engine cranks but won't start. All the electronics work, but my dad still says it's the battery. I'm charging up my jump-start-box thingy right now as I type this.
Thing is, all my lights and everything were off!
My dad is blaming the HID fogs I installed, because since it's on automatic, it turns on whenever I lock and unlock it and everything. Do you guys think this is the case?
The engine cranks but won't start. All the electronics work, but my dad still says it's the battery. I'm charging up my jump-start-box thingy right now as I type this.
Thing is, all my lights and everything were off!
My dad is blaming the HID fogs I installed, because since it's on automatic, it turns on whenever I lock and unlock it and everything. Do you guys think this is the case?
02-12-2011, 12:07 PM
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Quick update: I really don't think it's the battery,
maybe a fuel injector or starter problem?
Like when I turn my car on it cranks but won't start. It just keeps cranking.
maybe a fuel injector or starter problem?
Like when I turn my car on it cranks but won't start. It just keeps cranking.
02-12-2011, 12:48 PM
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haha def not the hid fogs, but asian parents like to blame everything on anything you do without thinking 
good luck bro. on a side note...i tried to start my civic today...battery works...but engine died. wont turn over....and its still wont...gonna wait for a friend to check it out....
good luck bro. on a side note...i tried to start my civic today...battery works...but engine died. wont turn over....and its still wont...gonna wait for a friend to check it out....
02-12-2011, 01:30 PM
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I know this sounds ghetto, but it's a cool trick to see if the starter's the problem. Have someone whack the starter with a 2x4 or something similar while you're cranking the engine. If it starts, then the starter is the problem.
Haven't tried it myself, so don't blame me for anything that goes wrong
Haven't tried it myself, so don't blame me for anything that goes wrong
02-12-2011, 03:11 PM
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So right now my poor TSX is dead ):
The engine cranks but won't start. All the electronics work, but my dad still says it's the battery. I'm charging up my jump-start-box thingy right now as I type this.
Thing is, all my lights and everything were off!
My dad is blaming the HID fogs I installed, because since it's on automatic, it turns on whenever I lock and unlock it and everything. Do you guys think this is the case?
The engine cranks but won't start. All the electronics work, but my dad still says it's the battery. I'm charging up my jump-start-box thingy right now as I type this.
Thing is, all my lights and everything were off!
My dad is blaming the HID fogs I installed, because since it's on automatic, it turns on whenever I lock and unlock it and everything. Do you guys think this is the case?
mine ended up being the battery though, i hope whatever your problem is it gets sorted out. and yes my parents too are quick to blame for the most retarded things.
engine exploded? maybe it was those new floor mats you installed son...
02-12-2011, 03:48 PM
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Wats up with all the young TSX owners killing their TSX's. First Ed, KillerG, and now Kid. I'm next! Wait never mind, I already killed it twice. Once by crashing it Die Hard style & and second by strangling it w/ a seat belt. lol 
Hopefully its the battery Kid
and nothin more serious. May the force be with u or u might in up in a WV. lol
Wait never mind, I already killed it twice. Once by crashing it Die Hard style & and second by strangling it w/ a seat belt. lol Hopefully its the battery Kid and nothin more serious. May the force be with u or u might in up in a WV. lol
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02-12-2011, 04:29 PM
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It was not the battery.
My uncle told me something in a thick FOB voice so the only thing i got was:
Fuel Injector
Flooded
Engine
I don't even know, lol.
But I finally got it to start, and then like there was smoke and shit coming from the exhaust and it smelt really bad!
I kinda think that the ghetto Shell Gas Station I went to the other day mixed water into their V-Power Gasoline. >.>
My uncle told me something in a thick FOB voice so the only thing i got was:
Fuel Injector
Flooded
Engine
I don't even know, lol.
But I finally got it to start, and then like there was smoke and shit coming from the exhaust and it smelt really bad!
I kinda think that the ghetto Shell Gas Station I went to the other day mixed water into their V-Power Gasoline. >.>
02-12-2011, 04:31 PM
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dude, that sounds heart breaking, i hope things get sorted out for you quickly...
02-12-2011, 04:43 PM
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I blame it all on the second driver of the car, my mother.
I've been having a bad week then this, sheesh =.=
But it's all good now, I hope. LOL. We'll find out tonight when I take it out.
I've been having a bad week then this, sheesh =.=
But it's all good now, I hope. LOL. We'll find out tonight when I take it out.
02-12-2011, 04:46 PM
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haha. ive babied my car to no end.
sister drives it one day? instant curb rash
sister drives it one day? instant curb rash
02-12-2011, 06:32 PM
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So before my sister starts to drive, I've convinced her AND my dad that my sister wants a truck
I almost got her one of those snazzy new RDXs though, LOL
I just read the rest of this thread....Ed got a Civic too?! RICED OUT TRACK CAR?! Hellaflush/stance nation show car?!
02-12-2011, 07:34 PM
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Yes, i want to see eds track car as well
02-12-2011, 10:28 PM
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LOLOL no guys, my 02 civic was my "first" car. its my moms car that she gave me to get to school, then i got the tsx 
and my civic still wont start, i've been busy to take care of that right nwo LOL
and my civic still wont start, i've been busy to take care of that right nwo LOL
02-12-2011, 11:59 PM
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Family women + guy's cars = 
Good to see I'm not the only one suffering from this
TSXKid, good luck with getting the car fixed. Hopefully it's nothing too serious.
Good to see I'm not the only one suffering from this
TSXKid, good luck with getting the car fixed. Hopefully it's nothing too serious.
02-13-2011, 12:07 AM
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Yeah, car's all good now, probably will bring to my mechanic uncle or the stealership to check it out.
I'm afraid to lower the car cuz of the women drivers in the family who sometimes drive the car...
even considering a skid plate at this point.
I'm afraid to lower the car cuz of the women drivers in the family who sometimes drive the car...
even considering a skid plate at this point.
02-13-2011, 12:11 AM
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I've had the exact same dilemna
02-13-2011, 12:17 AM
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Did you find out what was the problem? I had this problem with my mum's Camry a few months ago. I thought it was the battery too but it ended up being the starter :\ had to go to the mechanics..
But it's good to hear that your car's all good again. Though it'd be good to go check it out just in case
But it's good to hear that your car's all good again. Though it'd be good to go check it out just in case
02-13-2011, 09:44 AM
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Did you find out what was the problem? I had this problem with my mum's Camry a few months ago. I thought it was the battery too but it ended up being the starter :\ had to go to the mechanics..
But it's good to hear that your car's all good again. Though it'd be good to go check it out just in case
But it's good to hear that your car's all good again. Though it'd be good to go check it out just in case
You should see the damn underside of my bumper....
But that's boring! LOL. I mean the no matter what, other people WILL drive the car, so...
02-13-2011, 09:50 AM
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once your sister leaves you alone, your wife will want to drive your car
02-13-2011, 10:08 AM
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theres no reason to drive a car inside a kitchen though
02-13-2011, 03:55 PM
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haha u have to make it into highschools over there? if we wanna go to a high school we jsut have to live in that area LOl
and guys, MY CIVIC IS ALIVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
my roommate came and his altima did cpr on my civic, now its up and running again
time to hit the track. VTECCCCCCCCCCCCCC!!!!
and guys, MY CIVIC IS ALIVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
my roommate came and his altima did cpr on my civic, now its up and running again
time to hit the track. VTECCCCCCCCCCCCCC!!!!
02-13-2011, 04:08 PM
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LOL, No, I go to a highly ranked high school.
We were like 16 in the nation, i think we're like 23rd now or something.
You hafta test to get in so when you make it in, it's something to be proud of
-In Vietnamese-
Mom: "Ohhh, my son goes to Ben Franklin..."
Mom's friend "WOW, he studies good huh?!"
YOUR CIVIC WORKS? VTEC JUST KICKED IN, YO.
We were like 16 in the nation, i think we're like 23rd now or something.
You hafta test to get in so when you make it in, it's something to be proud of
-In Vietnamese-
Mom: "Ohhh, my son goes to Ben Franklin..."
Mom's friend "WOW, he studies good huh?!"
YOUR CIVIC WORKS? VTEC JUST KICKED IN, YO.
02-13-2011, 08:02 PM
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LOL, No, I go to a highly ranked high school.
We were like 16 in the nation, i think we're like 23rd now or something.
You hafta test to get in so when you make it in, it's something to be proud of
-In Vietnamese-
Mom: "Ohhh, my son goes to Ben Franklin..."
Mom's friend "WOW, he studies good huh?!"
YOUR CIVIC WORKS? VTEC JUST KICKED IN, YO.
We were like 16 in the nation, i think we're like 23rd now or something.
You hafta test to get in so when you make it in, it's something to be proud of
-In Vietnamese-
Mom: "Ohhh, my son goes to Ben Franklin..."
Mom's friend "WOW, he studies good huh?!"
YOUR CIVIC WORKS? VTEC JUST KICKED IN, YO.
LOl and yes vtec kicked in and that thing went
02-13-2011, 08:47 PM
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Ed, just because your car has a VTEC sticker, doesn't make it VTEC.
LOLOLOL. I remember my cousin tried to convince me my TSX didn't have VTEC because it didn't have a VTEC sticker.
