couple of questions..

[slo9012ve]

now bare with me here its going to be redundant and long. i am a terrible typer.

Aiight foo?

ok so i got a 90 240 hatch, with the 24e in it. its got 95k on it, runs great when it starts...

bought it for 800 bucks, body is crap, i live in NE ohio.

got the car, wouldn't start. had the battery replaced, worked awesome. then 2 weeks later, wouldnt start. next - alternator, replaced that, first mod (if you can call it one) got that done.next - spark plugs, ngk'snext- alt fuse, found it was broken got that.now i am just working on the car, i want it to run so i can go start having some fun with it. i am a poor college boy so i use funds to work with when i get the money haha..

well just now, the ceiling drywall fell onto my car new years eve, and now it has problems starting.. i think it did before but it had been a week or 2 since i started it.so i go to move it out of the garage and well it dosn't even turn over.. i jump it and it starts right up.14.26 over the battery14.2 from the alt.

so i figured great, i let it run connected for a while to help then disconnected it and it still ran fine. i shut it off after about 10 minuts then came out about an hour later to check and make sure and it started great.

3 days later it dosn't turn over again.... any ideas? if its not one thing its the other with this car haha

i can jump it and it will be ok, but the cold crank is 525 and normal is 630 or something.

i guess i should get an optima battery??? who knows now.

i have asked a few of my work friends (ASE mechanics) and they all have different oppinions of what it is. some say its the alternator selanoid. and others think i have to drive the car to the closest advanced (35 min away..) and get the battery deep tested and get the alternator tested.

now my next question is, i am looking at local bone yards and found a 95 ka24de with 77k on it manual and it comes transmission and engine, i am not sure about the wire harness, but its 650. is that a good deal? the company said it runs great. should i look for a different year like a 91 or a 98? but i just want more input on the situation.

alright thanks,slo

heres a pic of the roof falling onto the car lol


Modified by slo9012ve at 7:38 PM 1/10/2005

[slo9012ve]

bump.

[Bruno240]

it sounds more like somthing is shorting out.

use your multimeter and go over the wires. It just sounds like somthing is causing the car's battery to slowly die