well this sucks

[chill7696]

think i fried my pathy. went huckleberry pickin and had to go through some mude and it might be in my starter got a sprinkler under it tryin to clean it off

[lerch641]

Can you turn it over? If not then you probably hydrolocked it.

[chill7696]

my starter trys to crank but it doesnt do the job and i didnt swamp it so idk how? ive gone through worse and it never did this ran fine till i turned it off the second time

[Slartibartfast]

If you have a voltmeter, check the battery; if you knackered your alternator (not uncommon in mud), it could still drive/start for a little while until the battery ran down. If you don't have a meter, try jumpstarting it. If it won't start on its own, but starts up fine with the cables on it, your battery was low. Also check the battery connections for corrosion/looseness.

 

Mucked starter is possible, but the alty is my bet.

[chill7696]

i did try that hopin it was enough to atleast drive home but ill get under it today or tomorrow and get her fixed

[chill7696]

well pulled the starter and cleaned the connectionsand got it tested put it back to gather now my battery is acting like ots dead

[Slartibartfast]

Yep, sounds like a dead alty. If you can pull it off, an auto parts place could test it and rule it out or get you a new one.

[chill7696]

if it were bad wouldnt it atleast start with it on the charger? just curious

[Slartibartfast]

A dead alty shouldn't prevent it from starting if it's jumped to another car or if it's on a charger. If the battery is dead flat, or just really low, give it a few minutes of charging before trying to start it.

 

Did you see any warning lights on the dashboard between mudding and it not starting? I would expect to see at least the battery light on with a dead alty. If you didn't see lights, and/or it still won't start with the battery charged up, maybe I was wrong about the alty.

 

Another possibility is a shorted cell in the battery. When this happened to my grandma's Subaru, it wouldn't start even with jump leads on the battery. Oddly, when I moved the negative lead to the intake, it would start. An auto parts place should also be able to test your battery.

[chill7696]

ight ill look into it thanks man i hope thats it vuz if my vomputer is shot im going to be pissed

[chill7696]

thanks for the help it was just a bad battery tested it and it had only 4cca xD but its runnin again

[Slartibartfast]

Well there's your problem!

[chill7696]

haha thanks for the help man