it wont start :S

Hi all just abit weirded out after I had a pikey in a white van knock on my door asking if the pulsar was for sale and he seemed abit off when I said no amount of money would take it off my hands then he started asking questions like is it the 2l turbo4x4 and that he's been looking everywhere for one but cant find one so I was looking to move the car so its at bottom of the driveway where a car is always blocking it but when I went to jump start it the immobiliser wont turn off just wondering if I'm doing something wrong though I've never had this problem before.

All its doing is bringing up the engine management light, I've tried opening and closing then locking and unlocking but all to no avail, I've tried the little key fob thingy but that's not worked either so I'm at a loose end to know what to try next.

any help would be appreciated

so I have now taken battery off and put it on charge, at least if the thieving bastards come during the night they will take slightly longer to knick the thing than they would have otherwise!!

Dose the immobiliser allow the ignitiion on rich ?

yea it all lights up like Blackpool illuminations just wont turn over and its only been sitting a week

Just depends which one some immobilisers dont even let ignition lights on but if thats normall. Starter solinoid or something else see what hapens with a charged battery but you would think with jump leads on it would be ok

Rock it in gear then take it out n try again if u think its starter

If the battery is completly dead then when you try to turn it over it takes all the juice and cuts the immobilser in and out so it doesnt know what its doing ...see whats it does with the battery charged .... hopefully it hasnt messed up .

Just a thought, check your switch feed to the starter motor, you never know or maybe the spade terminal is loose/corroded 

Can you hear the fuel pump prime?
Are you sure the battery was connected correctly?
Is there fuel in tank?

I would say if he had ignition lights it was conected some of the way no fuel or knackard fuel pump it would try and crank at least. Well alot of imobilisers are connected to fuel pump so it might not prime

Smack the starter motor if not bump start it

yea its got fuel and no cant hear the fuel pump priming so think as Leighton said trying to crank it over is taking all the juice as the battery was completely dead as its just be sat for ages with alarm/imob on which has drained it so hopefully with a full15/16hour charge it should start....fingerscrossed

Check the battery in the fob if you got a aftermarket alam on it

It opens n locks the doors ok I just think it where the battery was dead flat

Just get another car get leads and jump start it see if that's the issue instead of waiting 15/16 hours.

I tried jumping it yesterday but I think the battery was too dead and didn't know whether it was coming or going so I put it on charge over night

Have you tried it now Rich?

Well after having the battery on charge for 28 hours I put it on and it finally started so it was just a totally dead battery and now the car is down in front of the garage behind another car so if that pikey comes again he wont be lifting it

And the job hunt is looking up iv just applied for the RAF lets hope I get in

Well that's one less thing to sort. I get that at work, if the battery on the machine is dead then a jump pack isn't enough. Good luck with the job hunt, might see you sunday

Well i hate to say im right ..... but i was  

What threw me is if it sat with jump leads for 5 mins and then tried to start and nothing thats been one of only a few things shit leads no revs on car jumping it or 3rd one very very flat battery

Either way you were right well done winner

Lol yea Leighton you still don't get a prize though 

Johnny I sat with the missus' mazda idling for a good 5 mins then when it still wouldn't I revved it to around 3 1/2k but it still had nothing so my reckoning is it was a totally stone dead battery im keeping it on trickle charger/optimate now

must of been dead cold weather wont of helped glad its sorted for you

Yea that and I haven't actually used the car for around 7 months.
Now I have a drivers side passenger window switch up the spout and the clock lights aren't working  

These care really are a love hate relationship aren't they!!

I its funny use them they break dont use them they still want your money and time to fix them

Got a fair amount of condensation inside it aswell which wont be helping so I think it needs abit of drying out bring on the warmer weather

richpulsar wrote:Got a fair amount of condensation inside it aswell which wont be helping so I think it needs abit of drying out bring on the warmer weather

Mine suffers from this badly, even when it was used more often than it is now. Thinking of getting either a rechargeable dehumidifier or some water absorbing granules.