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barnoon Experienced

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Hi all.

Went out for dinner tonight turned the car off, went in had dinner, came back out and car wouldn't start, headlights and brakelights etc are working but the ignition wouldn't come onto reds and the car wouldnt crank. Anyway I got pissed off with it and went and had a drink to cool down, when I came back it miracously started.

Got it home fine, turned it off and same thing again just refuses to start no red ignition lights nothing, called NRMA, they came out checked all the fuses and relays and said everything was fine and other then that they had no suggestions on what to do :rofl: The battery is new so its not that, anyone have any idea what this could be? I only got my licence back on Thursday from a 6 month suspension and since then I havent even been able to have a proper drive of it as it blew a clutch hydraulic line on Thursday, got that fixed now this problem.

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blind_elk Grand Master

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Does the car have an alarm? How long had the car been sitting around (while you were on "no licence")? It could be the alarm has died, and is intermittently activating the immobiliser function.

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Same as my problem. http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/He...33-t198464.html .Mine cranks though but doesnt start.

Its done it once with me but seems to be working ok now. Im still gonna go to an auto electrician though.

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barnoon Experienced

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Was playing around with it more today and I had the key in the position where it would normally be on reds and nothing was happening, but when I turned my headlights on the reds would come on and I was able to start the car, it done this about 5 times in a row until it stopped working altogether again, so I guess I have some weird crazy wiring issue.

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barnoon Experienced

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Damn dude this sucks I rang a few places today and no one could come look at it, is their anyone on here thats an auto leccy that could come look at my car in Sydney tonight? If not does anyone on here know any good mobile auto electricans that service the Sydney area and are familar with R32's, I really want to get the car back on the road ASAP.

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  jap VL R32 said:
hi my r32 wont start when its cold but if i have driven it it will start first time fine

Yours is a different problem to ours.

Dave, if you find out the problem before me, post back here and let me know what it was and how it was solved. :)

Shit thing is that no one is open for the next couple of days and mobile electricians may charge a small fortune for public holiday service unless you can catch someone tonight.

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  NRV155 said:
Yours is a different problem to ours.

Dave, if you find out the problem before me, post back here and let me know what it was and how it was solved. :)

Shit thing is that no one is open for the next couple of days and mobile electricians may charge a small fortune for public holiday service unless you can catch someone tonight.

Yer mate im going out to the car now to have a good hard look at everything pull the dash apart etc, so wish me luck and if you find out your problem be sure to let me know.

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Ok well I took as much of the dash and ignition apart as I could and traced back all wires to check their connections etc, couldnt find any problems, disconnected the alarm and immobiliser still wouldnt start, removed my HID install thought that might be conflicting with something, still didnt fix it. So looks like no car over Christmas / New Year for me ;) oh well thats life

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mcdoof Apprentice

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  NRV155 said:
Just got mine done too. Seems it was faulty/loose wires in the turbo timer harness. Just removed it and seems to be fine now.

If You've Got A Blackwidow Immobiliser It Could Be That Too My R33 Gtst Is The Same... No Regs But Only Happen When i Push The Immobiliser Button, It Seems To Cut the Battery Out But theres Power Everywhere ;)

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i had the same problem on my r32 gtst, its the starter motor. because its expensive you get a mitsubishi lancer starter motor and replace the big black cylinder, not the small one and there are 4 screws you to undo and wen u open it if its black inside then change change it with the big black lancer starter, and put it back on, i wish i took some pictures because i did this about a month ago and the car starts even better than wen i first bought the car, if u know how to do it, get an electrician and he will do it for 20 bucks. ==IMPORTANT BEFORE YOU DO ANY THING YOU HAVE TO TEST THE FAULTY STARTER AND SEE WHICH WAY IT ROOLS MINE WAS ROLLING TO THE LEFT, AND THEN PUT THE LANCER ONE ONE AND TEST AGAIN IF IT ROLLS TO THE LEFT IT WORKS==

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i had the same problem on my r32 gtst, its the starter motor. because its expensive you get a mitsubishi lancer starter motor and replace the big black cylinder, not the small one and there are 4 screws you to undo and wen u open it if its black inside then change change it with the big black lancer starter, and put it back on, i wish i took some pictures because i did this about a month ago and the car starts even better than wen i first bought the car, if u know how to do it, get an electrician and he will do it for 20 bucks. ==IMPORTANT BEFORE YOU DO ANY THING YOU HAVE TO TEST THE FAULTY STARTER AND SEE WHICH WAY IT ROOLS MINE WAS ROLLING TO THE LEFT, AND THEN PUT THE LANCER ONE ONE AND TEST AGAIN IF IT ROLLS TO THE LEFT IT WORKS==

Doesn't work with mine... definetly the immobiliser... doesn't work even when on anymore! you should see the security measures i go to now... 3 pittbulls 2 club locks and a mother in law as a last resort

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