alright so ive searched the threads for quite awhile and didnt really find anything, my problem is, i was driving one day, wasn't beating on the car or anything and it just died, and i had to tow it home, any ways got it home and checked everything i could think of, the altenator, the starter, battery, connectrions, just wotn turn over, also tried putting it into 2nd, 3rd, and 4th gear while being pulled at various speeds, and nothing, i have a full tank of gas, new fuel pump and i hear it turn on when i turn the igniton on, any help please? also my car is an 88 camaro rs, 2.8 wtih the 5 speed transmission.

 

 

wont turn over? you mean... wont start up? or wont turn when you try to start it (meaning no ... whir whir whir, VROOOOOOM!) which what im trying to say is when you turn the ignition to start, does it just click? do nothing? have you checked the neutral safety switch?

 

lol it just clicks, nuetral safety switch? and if its a bad ground? where would i go about checking those? i assumed i had a good ground as the starter trys to turn over the car and fuel pump turns on and all the gauges and lights turn on, i have no idea what else to check...

 

Have you tried to manually rotate the crank? Do you get any codes (SES light)?

 

If all you get is a click, then you either have a bad connection at the starter, bad starter motor/solenoid, or bad engine ground.

With a car that doesn't start, how did you check the alt? did you remove it and have it checked somewhere?

Check the negative battery connection where it bolts to the front of the engine down near the air injection pump.

 

could be a bad solenoid too

anyways, try this... get a flashlight and look at your starter. there are 2 big posts on it with red wires on one and black wires on the other. get a medium sized screwdriver (that you wont use much and dont care what it looks like). put it on the 2 big posts where u see all the wires (cross them both and make the screwdriver a link to the two) if it kicks, then you have something else wrong. if it doesn't kick (or spark) then it's the starter or battery (no power from batt)

if it sparks then u have good ground, usually.