82GLFF Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 I was planning on getting rid of this car in the next few days but now it may have to wait. I had the car sitting in my driveway for the last month and started prepping it for sale a few days ago. I know it was a little low on oil so I put some more in the engine and ran the car around a little. The next day I decided to drive the car to work and get the fluids moving again. The car drove to work fine and when I got to work I got out and examined the engine to make sure everything was fine. I noticed that I may have overfilled the car with oil and I noticed I have some oil dripping out of my air filter. I cleaned it out and drained excess oil from the car. After work I came out prepared to go home but when I tried to start the car I got noting. I got a clicking from the engine like it was trying to start but nothing happened. At frist I thought my battery was dead and I didn’t have enough power to start the thing up so I put the car in gear and rolled it and started the car from a roll. I got home turned the car off and on and once again the car failed to start. I tested the battery and it seems to have plenty of power and would be an unlikely cause of the problem. I also washed out the oil filter and got all the oil gunk out of it. What I know: 1.Car wont start when sitting still 2.Oil was in air filter 3.Battery doesn’t seem to be the problem 4.Only way to start the car is to push it and start it from a roll in gear. 5.Surplus of oil may have caused a problem? Any help would be extremely appreciated:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixops Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 What I know: 1.Car wont start when sitting still 2.Oil was in air filter 3.Battery doesn’t seem to be the problem 4.Only way to start the car is to push it and start it from a roll in gear. 5.Surplus of oil may have caused a problem? Any help would be extremely appreciated:) With the first 4 items in your list, my first inclination would be to take a look at the starter. Most parts stores can test them, and there are a few ways to test them in the car. Obviously this would depend on your level of mechanical ability. To verify whether or not the starter motor is good, I usually short the battery connection straight to the starter motor, bypassing the solenoid mounted on the starter. If the starter motor spins, then it probably is good and you need to check the solenoid. This can be a bit trickier as once the solenoid is fully engaged, the starter motor will try to turn. Make sure the car is in neutral when you try any of this. Others might have other procedures. It doesn't sound like the surplus oil could have caused the problem because the car ran once started. matrixops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revbill Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 ...I put the car in gear and rolled it and started the car from a roll. If you can start it by popping the clutch, it's probably the starter (solenoid), and not related to excess oil. A dead or dying starter will click like that, no matter how much power the battery has. And if there was some other problem causing the non-start, it would probably not start when you push-start it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82GLFF Posted July 7, 2006 Author Share Posted July 7, 2006 Cool. Thanks for the great info!!! From what has been said I’m guessing that the problem is the starter. I assume that if the starter had gone bad there would be no way of fixing it and I would have to go out and get a new one. Dose anyone know of where I could buy a new starter or any good informational sites that might provide instructions on installing the starter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75subie Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 just another option, drop the price on the car itself and let someone else deal with finding and installing the starter..........it is a pretty easy swap though, i usually just get mine rebuilt by a local shop here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82GLFF Posted July 7, 2006 Author Share Posted July 7, 2006 just another option, drop the price on the car itself and let someone else deal with finding and installing the starter..........it is a pretty easy swap though, i usually just get mine rebuilt by a local shop here. How much do they usually go for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75subie Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 usually $20, but i've known the guy for a few years. he also does alternators, and other electrical motors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azsubaru Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Probably the starter or solenoid but could be a bad connection, so don't overlook that. You should be able to find a good used starter for 50 bucks or less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomRhere Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Try this fix by Skip 1st... Gotta scroll down the page a bit. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=51716&highlight=starter+relay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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