starting problems

[Streets_of_Fire]

hey everybody! i just deove my car home parked it in the driveway, then like 5 minutes later i go to drive it in the garage and the start up is sluggish, turned off and then on like 4 more times getting slower and slowe, afraid its not gonna start no more!!

my car is 95, optima red top from 6 months ago, dont drive my car more than once a week for the past 2 months, could it be the alternator??

all hlep appreciated thanks!!

[Streets_of_Fire]

ok the car is dea, bbut battery seems fine, its the starter isnt it?? how would i verify this and what am looking at moneywise??

[xns]

Are you sure that the battery is ok? it doesnt sound like the starter, cause if it was the starter the car wouldnt have even tried to turn over.

[Florida240sx]

Is it a manual?First get a jump.That will let you know it's battery/alternator.If it doesn't start and it's manual push start your car.Although being that starter just failed you should be able to whack a few times for a little bit.

[Streets_of_Fire]

thanks guys, well the strange thing is that i left it alone for 2 days after it wouldnt start, and i was gonna jump it today but it started again, but still slow.......imma leave it alone again for a minute and check with you guys to see what should i do, could it still be batter? starter?

[Randy828]

My 93 240 won't start at all. I drove it the day before with no problems, went to start it the next morning and all my lights come on, but it won't even turn. I tried jumping it, nothing. Does not seem to be the battery and if a jump doesn't get it...I am thinking the starter.

Would you guys agree? Is it hard to replace the starter in a 240? I haven't done that since my 72 Nova I had in high school. That was pretty easy... Thanks for any input...and maybe it would help Streets_Fire.

[240sx88]

replacing the starter isn't hard....tw 14mm bolts bolted to the transmission, only hard part is hooking the power wire back up.