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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:51:12 GMT
From: devil <devilnopsamlobal.net>
Subject: Re: '88 900 won't start


Steve Brezina wrote: > > Sadly, my '88 900 (206K km) let me down for the first time this morning. > > I seems to have power (radio, dash lights come up), but turning the key > further to "start" has no effect. The starter doesn't even attempt > to fire. > > I suspect the fuel pump (I heard an odd moan the first couple times I > tried to start it) - but would a fault with the pump keep the engine from > trying to start? This sounds like either a dead battery (dead enough for the starter motor to play dead but not enough for lights etc.). This happens. Or a terminal badly corroded. Or a battery wire broken but still with some contact. (Including possibly the ground connection). Of course if that car has a computer, there is a host of related possibilities too.

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