'00 honda civic will not start
 

I'm not the most car savvy person, but I know enough to keep it running.

I have a 00 Civic DX, recently had engine work (broken crank shaft) at 73000
miles. Replaced battery about 3 weeks ago, drove car to work this morning at
8 am, came out for lunch at 1 and car will not start. Car is manual
transmission, battery seems to be functioning properly as well as alternator.
Any ideas? Car was functioning properly as far as I could tell this morning,
is there any way I can start it? I've heard about pushing a manual and
getting it to start but have never attempted it myself.

Re: '00 honda civic will not start
 

More detail's needed. When you turn the key in the ignition,
do you hear the starter trying to turn the engine over? Or
is it pretty quiet with only clicking sounds?

What signs are there that the battery is functioning
properly?

Check the battery terminal connections for reasonable
tightness, meanwhile.

"lwilkerson83" <u41864@uwe> wrote
> I'm not the most car savvy person, but I know enough to
> keep it running.
>
> I have a 00 Civic DX, recently had engine work (broken
> crank shaft) at 73000
> miles. Replaced battery about 3 weeks ago, drove car to
> work this morning at
> 8 am, came out for lunch at 1 and car will not start. Car
> is manual
> transmission, battery seems to be functioning properly as
> well as alternator.
> Any ideas? Car was functioning properly as far as I could
> tell this morning,
> is there any way I can start it? I've heard about pushing
> a manual and
> getting it to start but have never attempted it myself.

Re: '00 honda civic will not start
 

when turn key, interior lights/radio/etc come on, no sound of engine
attempting to turn over, almost completely silent. i've had my fair share of
dead batteries and recognize the sound a car will make with no juice, and
that isn't what's happening either. checked terminal hookups, tight as tight
can be.
Elle wrote:
>More detail's needed. When you turn the key in the ignition,
>do you hear the starter trying to turn the engine over? Or
>is it pretty quiet with only clicking sounds?
>
>What signs are there that the battery is functioning
>properly?
>
>Check the battery terminal connections for reasonable
>tightness, meanwhile.
>
>> I'm not the most car savvy person, but I know enough to
>> keep it running.
>[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>> a manual and
>> getting it to start but have never attempted it myself.

Re: '00 honda civic will not start
 

Ignition switch problems are where I would be looking next.
See
http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/start...ignitionswitch .

It's a little ambiguous as to whether this would apply to a
2000 Honda. Still this newsgroup has seen a helluva lot of
ignition switch failures. Based on that, eliminate it next.
Or it might be the problem.

"lwilkerson83" <u41864@uwe> wrote
> when turn key, interior lights/radio/etc come on, no sound
> of engine
> attempting to turn over, almost completely silent. i've
> had my fair share of
> dead batteries and recognize the sound a car will make
> with no juice, and
> that isn't what's happening either. checked terminal
> hookups, tight as tight
> can be.
> Elle wrote:
>>More detail's needed. When you turn the key in the
>>ignition,
>>do you hear the starter trying to turn the engine over? Or
>>is it pretty quiet with only clicking sounds?
>>
>>What signs are there that the battery is functioning
>>properly?
>>
>>Check the battery terminal connections for reasonable
>>tightness, meanwhile.
>>
>>> I'm not the most car savvy person, but I know enough to
>>> keep it running.
>>[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>>> a manual and
>>> getting it to start but have never attempted it myself.
>

Re: '00 honda civic will not start
 

On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:28:21 GMT, "lwilkerson83" <u41864@uwe> wrote:

>when turn key, interior lights/radio/etc come on, no sound of engine
>attempting to turn over, almost completely silent. i've had my fair share of
>dead batteries and recognize the sound a car will make with no juice, and
>that isn't what's happening either. checked terminal hookups, tight as tight
>can be.
>Elle wrote:
>>More detail's needed. When you turn the key in the ignition,
>>do you hear the starter trying to turn the engine over? Or
>>is it pretty quiet with only clicking sounds?
>>
>>What signs are there that the battery is functioning
>>properly?
>>
>>Check the battery terminal connections for reasonable
>>tightness, meanwhile.
>>
>>> I'm not the most car savvy person, but I know enough to
>>> keep it running.
>>[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>>> a manual and
>>> getting it to start but have never attempted it myself.
Put key to on position, push in clutch, get someone to push you and
pop the clutch. Voila car should start.

Re: '00 honda civic will not start
 

"lwilkerson83" <u41864@uwe> wrote in news:80b7147a0dd1c@uwe:

> when turn key, interior lights/radio/etc come on, no sound of engine
> attempting to turn over, almost completely silent.



"ALMOST" completely silent? "Almost"?

There's a lot of portent in that "almost".

What kind of noise /do/ you hear? It is /very/ critical that you
/accurately/ report your observations!

Do you hear a sort of clicking or chattering? Even a very quiet one?

When you try to crank, does the dome light dim slightly or not at all?



--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

Re: '00 honda civic will not start
 

"JRL" <lecloony@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:16uts356vbc9qn2bqdc1nos0mf5hvr0lcs@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:28:21 GMT, "lwilkerson83" <u41864@uwe> wrote:
>
>>when turn key, interior lights/radio/etc come on, no sound of engine
>>attempting to turn over, almost completely silent. i've had my fair share
>>of
>>dead batteries and recognize the sound a car will make with no juice, and
>>that isn't what's happening either. checked terminal hookups, tight as
>>tight
>>can be.
>>Elle wrote:
>>>More detail's needed. When you turn the key in the ignition,
>>>do you hear the starter trying to turn the engine over? Or
>>>is it pretty quiet with only clicking sounds?
>>>
>>>What signs are there that the battery is functioning
>>>properly?
>>>
>>>Check the battery terminal connections for reasonable
>>>tightness, meanwhile.
>>>
>>>> I'm not the most car savvy person, but I know enough to
>>>> keep it running.
>>>[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>>>> a manual and
>>>> getting it to start but have never attempted it myself.


> Put key to on position, push in clutch, get someone to push you and
> pop the clutch. Voila car should start.

....as long as you put it in gear...preferably second....

Re: '00 honda civic will not start
 

On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 16:37:06 -0500, "0.0" <zip@nada> wrote:

>"JRL" <lecloony@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:16uts356vbc9qn2bqdc1nos0mf5hvr0lcs@4ax.com.. .
>> On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:28:21 GMT, "lwilkerson83" <u41864@uwe> wrote:
>>
>>>when turn key, interior lights/radio/etc come on, no sound of engine
>>>attempting to turn over, almost completely silent. i've had my fair share
>>>of
>>>dead batteries and recognize the sound a car will make with no juice, and
>>>that isn't what's happening either. checked terminal hookups, tight as
>>>tight
>>>can be.
>>>Elle wrote:
>>>>More detail's needed. When you turn the key in the ignition,
>>>>do you hear the starter trying to turn the engine over? Or
>>>>is it pretty quiet with only clicking sounds?
>>>>
>>>>What signs are there that the battery is functioning
>>>>properly?
>>>>
>>>>Check the battery terminal connections for reasonable
>>>>tightness, meanwhile.
>>>>
>>>>> I'm not the most car savvy person, but I know enough to
>>>>> keep it running.
>>>>[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>>>>> a manual and
>>>>> getting it to start but have never attempted it myself.
>
>
>> Put key to on position, push in clutch, get someone to push you and
>> pop the clutch. Voila car should start.
>
>...as long as you put it in gear...preferably second....
>
Oops good point.

Re: '00 honda civic will not start
 

lwilkerson83 wrote:
> I'm not the most car savvy person, but I know enough to keep it running.
>
> I have a 00 Civic DX, recently had engine work (broken crank shaft) at 73000
> miles. Replaced battery about 3 weeks ago, drove car to work this morning at
> 8 am, came out for lunch at 1 and car will not start. Car is manual
> transmission, battery seems to be functioning properly as well as alternator.
> Any ideas? Car was functioning properly as far as I could tell this morning,
> is there any way I can start it? I've heard about pushing a manual and
> getting it to start but have never attempted it myself.
>
==========================

Read through this thread:

http://www.hondasuv.com/members/show...enoid+stranded

'Curly'

Re: '00 honda civic will not start
 

motsco_ <motsco_@interbaun.com> wrote in
news:13t00ljj7c6bhaf@corp.supernews.com:

> lwilkerson83 wrote:
>> I'm not the most car savvy person, but I know enough to keep it
>> running.
>>
>> I have a 00 Civic DX, recently had engine work (broken crank shaft)
>> at 73000 miles. Replaced battery about 3 weeks ago, drove car to
>> work this morning at 8 am, came out for lunch at 1 and car will not
>> start. Car is manual transmission, battery seems to be functioning
>> properly as well as alternator. Any ideas? Car was functioning
>> properly as far as I could tell this morning, is there any way I can
>> start it? I've heard about pushing a manual and getting it to start
>> but have never attempted it myself.
>>
>==========================
>
> Read through this thread:
>
> http://www.hondasuv.com/members/show...ghlight=soleno
> id+stranded
>
> 'Curly'
>

by "not start",does he mean "not CRANK"???
or does it crank but not start/run?

I wonder how he broke a crankshaft?

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
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