Starting a turbo car

[Grale Guy]

The reason i belive you should not give a turbo car gas when trying to start it is because this will cause the turbo to sprool up. Which is bad news for the turbo as there is no oil pressure in the turbo bearings till the engine oil pressure builds up :thumb:

[burnout]

Originally Posted by Hypercomp01

I have found the best way to start it would be: First insert key into ignition, second, rotate key clockwise (forward) until motor starts. If you car has a clutch, then things really get hard, you need to push the clutch in all the way before you insert the key and keep it in until the car starts. Also make sure the car is in "N" nutral. Good luck on you quest!

haha nice!:thumb:

[Racerfab]

wrong wrong wrong...

Carbs: press the pedal=shot of fuel from the accelerator pump. press too many times=flooding.

FI: doesn't really hurt anything, just not neccesary. The computer takes care of richening up the mixture. If you press the pedal, it makes it harder to start because the MAF sensor/ MAP sensor are only seeing slight airflow. Bottom line is that there is no need.

Turbo: see FI above.

There could be many reasons that the car won't start. Why was it parked in the first place? Something wrong? Check to see if it getting fuel first. Just give it a shot of starting fluid, if it starts then you need to track down why it won't start without the shot IE: check out the fuel system. Remember that FI cars need to bring up fuel pressure, so make sure the battery is charged, listen for the fuel pump. Turn the key to the ON position, wait about 3 seconds, turn to START. If it has been sitting a while, it might just need a sec to bring up fuel pressure. If it doesn't start with a shot of starting fluid, then you need to check for spark. Pull one of the spark plug wire ends off the distributer cap or spark plug, not both. Use a pair of rubber-handled pliers to hold the wire. Hold it just a little off the cap/plug, no more than 1/4inch. Have a friend try to start the car. You: under hood, listening for the spark. It will sound like a POP, POP, POP. The wire has to be close enough for the spark to jump to the cap/plug. That should tell you if you have spark. If you have fuel and spark and it still doesn't start, get a book on it, tow it home, figure it out.

Hope that helps.

[Hypercomp01]

Originally Posted by Racerfab

wrong wrong wrong...

Carbs: press the pedal=shot of fuel from the accelerator pump. press too many times=flooding.

FI: doesn't really hurt anything, just not neccesary. The computer takes care of richening up the mixture. If you press the pedal, it makes it harder to start because the MAF sensor/ MAP sensor are only seeing slight airflow. Bottom line is that there is no need.

Turbo: see FI above.

There could be many reasons that the car won't start. Why was it parked in the first place? Something wrong? Check to see if it getting fuel first. Just give it a shot of starting fluid, if it starts then you need to track down why it won't start without the shot IE: check out the fuel system. Remember that FI cars need to bring up fuel pressure, so make sure the battery is charged, listen for the fuel pump. Turn the key to the ON position, wait about 3 seconds, turn to START. If it has been sitting a while, it might just need a sec to bring up fuel pressure. If it doesn't start with a shot of starting fluid, then you need to check for spark. Pull one of the spark plug wire ends off the distributer cap or spark plug, not both. Use a pair of rubber-handled pliers to hold the wire. Hold it just a little off the cap/plug, no more than 1/4inch. Have a friend try to start the car. You: under hood, listening for the spark. It will sound like a POP, POP, POP. The wire has to be close enough for the spark to jump to the cap/plug. That should tell you if you have spark. If you have fuel and spark and it still doesn't start, get a book on it, tow it home, figure it out.

Hope that helps.

BLA, BLA, BLA! BURN THE CAR!!!!:thumb:

[Sick srt-4]

Originally Posted by Racerfab

wrong wrong wrong...

Carbs: press the pedal=shot of fuel from the accelerator pump. press too many times=flooding.

Turbo: see FI above.

Sometime you gotta set the carb's choke linkage. And I hate to tell ya, on a newer carb setup that DOESN'T have a choke linkage that needs to set, and ya press the pedal while NOT cranking, your only wasting your effort.

[tatum]

I don't know of any fuel injected cars that don't have fuel cut when starting with the foot to the floor

[chefer88]

I figure out what the prob was, so last weekend my dads boss calls audi and asks him what it could be but while he was talking to the guy my dad found a hose that was sucking in too much air so it wouldnt start. Changed that and it starts better than my moms 91.

[Rgeneral01]

Originally Posted by chefer88

I figure out what the prob was, so last weekend my dads boss calls audi and asks him what it could be but while he was talking to the guy my dad found a hose that was sucking in too much air so it wouldnt start. Changed that and it starts better than my moms 91.

sweet deal