aarrrgggghhhhh! breakdown!

[badad]

car wont start, had a breakdown guy take a look says it a problem between the energizer and the starter motor, motor cranks fine when hardwired to the battery, the car will also bump start, just nothing when i turn the key!( i get ignition lights, but it wont turn over) any ideas to save me shelling out money i dont have to a dealer??


sorry guys it a 1.6 sport on an x plate!

 

[ZBOYD]

Coil failure at a guess, I'm no expert so it might not be.

But its a familier issue on Ibiza's. 8v 16v Mk2's often had coil fails and it stopped them starting. This isn't the same as the well documented coil pack failures on 1.8T's however.

 

[badad]

sorry dude, not questioning your superior authority but i thought the coil was in charge of making the sparks!

 

[chris999]

knackered battery cells=get a new battery. haD the exact same thing. try that if you can borrow a battery of someone to rule that out?

 

[Sharky_82]

ignition switch?

 

[ZBOYD]

Like i say no expert on this. But ive seen it before where an Ibiza failed to start, changed the coil and it would fire. But could well be something else.

Had an alternator fail on my old Mk2 GTi too. Some do tend to have flakey electrics.

 

[jsparks]

bad earth?

 

[davidol]

ignition switch, i bet my life on it, bitch of a job too apprantely, maybe just be faulty like mine was before i had it done, remove the fuse cover underneath the steering wheel and push on the back of the switch whilst trying to start it, cured it for a while on mine but irritated me after a while so i had it changed

 

[badad]

knackered battery cells=get a new battery. haD the exact same thing. try that if you can borrow a battery of someone to rule that out?

could i try jumping( with leads) from another car

 

[badad]

just thinking, got one of those start button kits lying about, anyone think this is even worth a try?

 

[davidol]

are you listing to what i said? go outside and try what i said

 

[badad]

i did dad! i think, pushed on where all the wires come out of the back of the lock barrel! is this right?

didnt solve it, just made the handbrake light flash!

 

[badad]

so today it works!

moody car, must be a loose connection if its intermittent!
cheers for the help

 

[chris999]

mine was intermittent when the batterywas fooked somedays it would start then others it wouldn't until eventually it wouldn't start at all. buy a battery keep the reseat try it, if it works keep it or take it back and say it wasn't the right one and get a refund. then you can rule it out.