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car problem
ok heres another question about my car the battery is good the wires to my starter is good and the cylenoid is good too had that all checked my car will not turn over at all but all my lights in the car works so im pretty sure that its not the altenater could it be it by posibilty that it could be something in the secruity i have a 93 buick park avenue....ty
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the advice from the guy below me is right. check your plugs, and coils, and probably replace them. also it'd be best to check your fuel injectors and the injector rail/rack. the thing with cars is there's two reasons they wont start. one is electrical, and once you can rule that out the next is fuel. what is happening here is you're getting fuel, and electricity but you have no way of burning the fuel to get going. check those plugs, replace them, then sheck the coils and distributor/distributor rotot. all of them could potentially be bad.
also (thanks DN) is your starter even getting a charge from the battery? you gotta remember for a car to start the starter has to energize and start the crank turning. you may have a good solenoid but if the linkage between the solenoid and the starter are bad you wont get the starter motor turning to get the car started. take a second look at that starter, make sure everything is connected right, and then give it a go. also well you gotta make sure your starter motor is in good running shape.
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It's definitely not an alternator problem. The alternator only generates electricity to charge the battery when the car is actually running.
If the lights in your car work, you can rule out an electrical problem. I'd say my next guess would be to check your spark plugs. Sometimes they can become corroded. This buildup creates a huge resistance and can prevent your spark plugs from firing. Check them for corrosion, which you can probably clean off on your own. You should check your car's manual to see how you should gap the plugs. By "gap", I mean the space between the two electrodes on the end of the spark plug. Make sure it's right by sliding a shim into it.
You can test the spark plug wires really quick with the help of a friend by pulling a wire off of its plug. Hold the open end near a big piece of metal, like the frame of the car or just the engine block. Have somebody crank the engine and if you have a spark that jumps out of the wire, then it's good. Do each cylinder one by one. If you don't get a spark you can have a number of problems: wiring, timing, and ignition coil. I'd say your best bet would be the coil because it's really easy to burn one out if you leave your key in the ON position for a long time without actually having the engine running (if you're just hanging out listening to the radio, some people forget to put it into Accessory [ACC] mode).
If your spark plugs are good, you should check for a fuel delivery problem. There might be something stuck in your carburetor. The carburetor is much easier to check and fix, but if you have a fuel injection car, you're in for a trip to the mechanic's.
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