car wont start! flashing hazards
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car wont start! flashing hazards
I drove home today, and my car was running fine shut it off for a couple hours and when i went to leave for class it wouldnt start. I would turn the key and the ac turned on full blast, also the radio, but the weird thing was my hazards were flashing quicklyr egardless of whetger the button was pushed or not. I tried jump starting the car, but no luck. My voltage reads at 13v on the gauge anyway. I hooked up my vagcom and pulled a few errors 1 for the egr, 2 on the o2 sensor, and 1 for insufficient fuel. Would any of those cause the engine not to crank? Also what is the signifigance of the flashing hazards? I disconnected the battery and went to class and am posting from my phone :-)
The car is a 97 a4 quattro 12v 2.8L with 167k on the engine.
The car is a 97 a4 quattro 12v 2.8L with 167k on the engine.
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No, you can't check cold crank amps with a meter. The most they will do is 10A (20A some models). You're thinking voltage in which he has plenty of. 13V is a sign of a healthy battery assuming it wasn't fresh off a charger.
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Put the key in on. Check the voltage on the cluster. Now crank it. Did it dip at all? If it dipped to about 10V or so, your starter motor could be fried or the engine is frozen. If it didn’t even dip, then it could be your ignition switch, the starter relay in the fuse box or the starter solenoid on the starter.
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Actually I take that back. There are shop meters that have a load check that can see if the battery can drive a big load for a short amount of time. Still not the full CCA but in the hundreds of amps.