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As the title states I have an 89 csx that won't start. Mice got into the engine bay and chewed up the harness. It did run but not very well obviously. I recently installed a new harness from a running car. The fuel pump will turn on but I'm not getting any cranking. Is there a way to test the relays under the hood on the drivers side or a way to test the start relay on the steering column? Any help would be greatly appreciated.thanks!!
Do you have the FSM? NAJ has a good no start procedure on TD. If you can't find it LMK. Also a factory powertrain troubleshooting manual is also of value here.
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Re: No Crank / No Start
So you may have more than one issue or they may both be related.
Start with the "Will Not Crank" problem.
1)Battery is Fully Charged and Holds a Load.
2)Battery Terminals and Posts are Clean, Free of Corrosion and Tight.
3)Battery Cables are Tight on the Engine Block and Starter
4)Small Starter Wire is Tight On the Starter.
5)If ALL of that checks OK
6)When the Car will Not Crank and you get Nothing when turning the key to the "Start" position verify all Power is present at the Starter Relay.
a)Red, Constant Battery Power From the Battery through a Fusible Link.
b)Yellow, Switched Ignition Power from the Ignition Switch
Power will only be present with the key in the "Start" position.
c)Brown/Yellow, Ground
a)Bolted to Transaxle on a Manual Trans
b)Through Neutral Safety Switch on Auto Trans.
4)Brown, Power Out to the Starter
You may want to Physically Inspect the Ignition Switch and Connector for Damage/Looseness, etc.
With the Engine Running Perform a Wiggle Test on the Ignition Switch Connector to see if you can Duplicate the Problem of the Car Shutting Off.
Awesome thank you,I'll verify all that and check back in
After 4 years of sitting and mice chewing up the engine harness,it lives! Traced the no start back to a broken brown/yellow ground wire. It fired up on the first try!Thanks for the help. Now to get it road worthy again
Excellent news!!Quote:
Originally Posted by kcvrodder