94 q45 won't start

[djuneek]

hi everyone, love the site, been very helpful

I just got a 94 q45. west coast car. 69k miles. only thing wrong with it was the engine shook real bad and worse on acceleration. The guy had a printout from AAA that said the 2 and 4 injectors were bad.

I checked the codes and it came up ok. I replaced the injectors, fuel filter, cleaned the maf and throttle body. took it for a test drive, still shook a little but 100 times better and 100 times more power.

So later on that day i went to go to the store, tried to start it and it made a loud noise like when a cars all ready running and you try to start it, then no noise with a key turn just the power dimming.

pulled the starter out and the nose of it was cracked off. Got a new starter, put it in and I get a click like the starter cant turn the engine over.

Any ideas on what else to look or check for. thanks

[maxnix]

OEM starter?

[goody90q45]

Recheck the battery connections. The OEM clamps wear out and are hard to tighten properly to get a good connection (especially the + terminal). I messed with mine for a year before having it replaced.

If everything you've described is accompanied by a heavy fuel smell then you may have a pinched injector lower o-ring and hydrolock. Doubtful since you would have mentioned it.

My Q is from Vegas also. The front seat leather took a beating in the sun in its 10 years there. Good luck.

[djuneek]

I tried to jump start it, could see it pulling power from the other car but it didn't work. the connectors clean and tight.

i got the starter from auto zone but its the same as the one from the car it says nissan on the starter casing. i have 2 94 q45s and i had to replace the starter on the other one, its from the east coast and the starter was all rusted. replaced it with a auto zone starter and that ones been working perfect for about 6 months.

I don't smell any gas, one thing I forgot is that after I changed the injectors, for the first couple of minutes of the test drive white smoke was coming out of the exhaust.

[texasoil]

THe problem described fits the 'leaky injector/o-ring' causing hydro-locking. Hopefully nothing got bent when the starter blew when the flooded piston hit the liquid.

Remove all the spark plugs first--the wet one(s) are the potential problems. THen crank to blow out the gasoline--that will confirm which one is leaking. Good luck. This often bends connecting rods.

[djuneek]

i took all the spark plugs out, had my wife start the car and gas came out of #2 hole. Getting a new injector put in tomorrow and hoping nothings damaged. when I pulled the injector the little plastic cap fell off is this a big poblem.