Get someone to give you a jump start and drive the car for about 15 min. This should charge the battery. If the battery loses charge , the problem might be the battery itself, with a bad cell. this means replace the battery . Sometimes new batteries are defective (bad cell) and will not hold a charge. Or, the battery might be old and not work correctly. Another thing you can do is check the battery connections at the battery terminals. These have to be tight, clean and snug. The battery has to have at least 550 cold cranking amps or more if you have a six cylinder engine. The next thing to do is check the charging system , and if there is a problem replace the alternator.
SOURCE: 97 geo prizm has fire and fuel wont start
check all your relays with an ohmeter to make sure they all operate. A code would go off usually only if it is an electrical problem. If you are getting fuel and fire, and no codes it is most likely a relay. If you did have codes then I would say sensor. So check those relays
SOURCE: ford f250 superduty turbo diesel 7.3L Will not crank
Charge the batteries. take a Reading to make sure that you are getting almost 14v to both batteries. If it is not charging then take the alternator back off and have them check it. you might have bought a bad one. There is a way to test the glow plus with out taking them out. ( Take a piece of wire long enough to reach all the glow plugs from the battery. unplug the glow plug wire.If you touch the end of the glow plug with the hot wire it should make a little spark. if no spark then the glow plug is bad. do this to each one, but one at a time)
SOURCE: 97 outback legacy; won't start
not sure if this will help, but I recently changed the engine in my subaru and changed battery + starter also. Would start but then not restart once warmed up. Turns out the engine ground got forgotten, had that hooked back up after banging my head on a wall for a week and it runs like new
SOURCE: 1999 Cadillac Catera - 103,000 miles - cranks but no fire
Hello carol...from the symptons you describe more than likely it's the CPS (crankshaft position sensor.)
The CPS is a common problem on Cateras with these symptoms.
The sensor is a magnetic impulse type that sends a signal to the computer, the computer then triggers the fire signal. When the CPS gets weak, dirty or has low voltage the intermitten no starts occur. It will finally result in a no start at all...Please be aware that a lot of caddy dealers will and have overcharged customers for this common problem by ill advise and replaceing uneeded componets.
Good luck...i hope this helps and will fixya up.
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