Dead Car

[shooter69]

Ok, Mprete is on the right track. I currently have NO power anywhere, its dark obviously but tomorrow I'll be checking the voltage at the starter. I noticed that on these taurus' that all of my power (except for my power wire to back batt) is ran to the solenoid on the starter, from there it goes up to the fuse box. So tomorrow I'll be checking that wire as well. It just sucks having my window stuck down exposing my headunit, amp, xs batt, and sub to whoever walks by...I won't sleep tonight lol. Thank you all for the help and I'll let you all know how tomorrow goes.

Edited March 24, 2011 by shooter69

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when you start your car do you hear like a click ticking noise and see your gauges fall down as it happens? if so then your batteries are shot and may need a good charge or just to be replaced.

Also try to do this, i made an oops on my car and drilled through the sending unit of my gas tank when i was grounding in my trunk (stupid noob mistake). open your door and turn off your radio and anything else that can make noise. Turn your cars key to the "on" position but do NOT put the key to the start position. You should hear like a slight hum noise for 3-5 seconds and then you will hear it stop. If you hear this then it means your fuel pump is engaging and should be sending fuel into your engine.

And what you can do if you havent already from cranking the engine over and over again look at your spark plugs. Check the gap on them to make sure its good and see if there is any built up fuel onto it. chances are you have a shit ton of fuel onto them and they are saturated which will not allow it to spark and ignite the fuel. Id say maybe get some carb/choke cleaner and spray down all your plugs and then wipe the tip completely off and let it sit out for a min to dry out. Once all your plugs are dried out then put them back in.

After you do that try to open up your throttle and spray a light mist of the carb/choke cleaner inside the engine while a friend turns the car over. If this gets the engine to sputter then it means the plugs are igniting the fuel. If you cant get it to start then chances are you either have a cracked or clogged fuel line.

I had the same problem with my car that i drilled through the sending unit on and what it did is i really had 1/4 of a tank of gas but after i drilled through it, it read it as being totally full but the fuel pump wouldnt engage at all when i tried to crank it. After i had the entire fuel tank and sending unit replaced out of nowhere the damn car would start very roughly. Turns out the jackass mechanic i had work on my car fucked up my fuel filter when he did it and it was leaking fuel so i didnt have good fuel pressure into my fuel lines. this prevented my car from starting good for awhile until i repaired the entire fuel rail.