explorer won't start
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I’m hoping someone who has an explorer has run into someone with a similiar problem. Car won’t start. No prior indications of trouble. Starter replaced and checked but engine still is not turning over. Power going to starter. Battery checked – ok. Ground wire checked – ok. cyclinide box checked and switch is ok. Any suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks, Debbie
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>I’m hoping someone who has an explorer has run into someone with a >similiar problem. Car won’t start. No prior indications of trouble. >Starter replaced and checked but engine still is not turning over. >Power going to starter. Battery checked – ok. Ground wire checked – ok. >cyclinide box checked and switch is ok.
don’t know enough about explorers (although i have one) but i’ve had this problem twice with my BMW 325. once it was because i had a bad ring gear (a part of the flywheel) and another time it was an electrical problem. i would try to start it, it wouldn’t turn over, and the battery would just drain. alternator and starter were fine. sorry i couldn’t be more help…just my $.02. Dan.
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> I’m hoping someone who has an explorer has run into someone with a > similiar problem. Car won’t start. No prior indications of trouble. > Starter replaced and checked but engine still is not turning over. > Power going to starter. Battery checked – ok. Ground wire checked – ok. > cyclinide box checked and switch is ok. > Any suggestions would be welcomed. > Thanks, > Debbie
Two main reasons an engine won’t turn over: 1. Starter not working (you seem to have covered this one). 2. Engine frozen. If this is not your problem, refer to No. 1 above. Bill Funk
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> I’m hoping someone who has an explorer has run into someone with a > similiar problem. Car won’t start. No prior indications of trouble. > Starter replaced and checked but engine still is not turning over. > Power going to starter. Battery checked – ok. Ground wire checked – ok. > cyclinide box checked and switch is ok. > Any suggestions would be welcomed. > Thanks, > Debbie
Debbie, I had a similar problem on my 92 XLT. It drove me crazy until I found the problem. In my case I had the same symptoms. I showed voltage at the starter but the unit would not start. Took the starter out of the car and used jumper cables to see if it work and the starter worked fine. Put it back in, checked for voltage at the starter and found voltage but starter still would not turn over the engine. It turned out to be a problem on the positive cable running from the battery to the starter. It was located about 4 inches from the battery post. The battery post had no corrosion. There apparently was some corrosion inside the plastic covering on the cable. It allowed a voltage reading but not enough amp flow to even start turning over the starter. Try bypassing your positive cable with some jumper cables and see if that works. In my case, I had enough cable to cut off the four inches and reattach the cable to a new terminal end. Good Luck! Keith
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suggest looking at the positive battery cable, have seen several where the cable makes a poor connection in the factory cable end will still get power to the starter but wont carry enough currant while trying to start from sean,ford technician – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I’m hoping someone who has an explorer has run into someone with a > similiar problem. Car won’t start. No prior indications of trouble. > Debbie
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Debbie, One thing that you might want to check is to make sure that none of the pulleys on any of your accessories are locked and not allowing the belt to spin. Now, some people may think that the belt would just slip in this case, but it doesn’t always. I saw an alternator locked once in which the serpentine belt would not slip and the engine would not even attempt to turn over, just a clicking sound. Check that all of your pulleys are turning freely for this can easily lock an engine. Todd Metzger
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