Hi,

 

A couple of months ago i had to change the brake lines, brake pads an cylinders to the front wheels. After about 3 weeks without starting the car the engine wouldn't start. I didn't give much thought to it at the time as I simply thought it was just the battery that was dead. However after testing with jumpstarting and charching the battery over night in the garage, nothing helped. I never had any problems with starting the engine in the past.

 

I called  a friend who is a mechanic and he came over to check on the engine. He had a computer that they use in the shop with him to check any codes in the cars computer but he didnt find any. The engine turns over when turning the key. We tested the fuel injectors and the ignition, but they both checked out. We didn't find any blown fuses either. We couldn't find the problem but I read somewhere on a forum that it could be the crankshaft- or the camshaft position sensor that was at fault som I ordered theses sensors and swap them, but it didn't help.

 

When I haven't tried to start the enginge in a couple of days and trying for the first time, it almost seems as the engine is going to start for about a second, as opposed to when I try to start afterwards when the engine keeps turning but to no avail.

 

Anyone who has an idea?

 

/Anton

Does it spin suspiciously smoothly/evenly and rapidly on the starter motor, as if it's not compressing much? Or normal sounding?

 

According to official info, this engine needs both crank and cam sensors to fail before it affects starting, so that was very improbable.

 

 

The car is probably immobilised, try the spare key, failing that reflow the solder joints for the key reader on the instrument cluster.

7 minutes ago, Wino said:

Does it spin suspiciously smoothly/evenly and rapidly on the starter motor, as if it's not compressing much? Or normal sounding?

 

According to official info, this engine needs both crank and cam sensors to fail before it affects starting, so that was very improbable.

 

 

 

I would say that the spin seems nomal. But maybe the compression is the problem.... hope not.

12 minutes ago, sepulchrave said:

The car is probably immobilised, try the spare key, failing that reflow the solder joints for the key reader on the instrument cluster.

 

Okay maybe that could be the problem then. Using the spare key didn't work anyways.