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  March 29, 2011 12:42 p.m. Bobzilla Dork

  Wife's car (affectionately called "Teh Turd") died. First time in 3.5 years and 83k miles that it has failed to start. Car is a 2000 Accent GL, 1.5L 5-spd. Car has 191k miles on it.

  Wife called as she was heading to lunch from her training session "Car cranks but won't start." So I run up to check it out on my lunch break. Car cranks normally. Timing belt is intact, doesn't seem loose. All ECU (6) fuses are good, Fuel pump primes, even tried swapping relays for it. After extended crank, I am not getting a fuel smell which leads me to believe it's a fuel issue.

  Anyone had issues of this sort that they remember the "easy" fix?

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  March 29, 2011 12:43 p.m. John Brown SuperDork

  Check for codes.

  Are you getting a cam/crank position signal?

  Time for a new Elantra ;)

  Internationally known as The Brown Stig

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  March 29, 2011 12:47 p.m. Bobzilla Dork

  as much as I'd love a new car, this one we have less than $3k in since we purchased it 3.5 years ago and we still owe on the truck (the REAL truck) so no more car payments right now. Sadly I can't check anything out until late tonight when I finally drag it home.... as it's stuck in Carmel right now. Just looking for suggestions.

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  March 29, 2011 12:50 p.m. dkarthik New Reader

  Coils / Plugs? easy enough to check!

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  March 29, 2011 1:05 p.m. failboat Reader

  so its beta swap time amirite?

  boosh.

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  March 29, 2011 1:07 p.m. Bobzilla Dork

  ^ Is it bad that I was hoping the t-belt had snapped? lol

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  March 29, 2011 1:10 p.m. John Brown SuperDork

  "You're chocolate is in my peanut butter" "You're Accent is in my Carmel!"

  Internationally known as The Brown Stig

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  March 29, 2011 1:48 p.m. iceracer Dork

  Just find out which is missing. Fuel, ignition, compression and all at the right time. With that many miles and age any thing is possible.

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  March 29, 2011 2:24 p.m. spitfirebill SuperDork

  Make sure it has fuel in the tank. I'm just saying. I ran out of gas in my truck one day clearly showing a quarter of a tank.

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  March 29, 2011 2:28 p.m. Joe Gearin Associate Publisher

  Simple I know, but check the distributor cap and rotor. I always start with the least expensive things to fix, and work my way up from there.

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  March 29, 2011 2:29 p.m. KATYB New Reader

  wait for the velostar be out soon. paddleshift 6 speed manual 40 mpg and better power to wieght ratio than a base mini. sounds like a win to me.

  Dont judge on looks alone whether car or person there is often alot more there then u can see.

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  March 29, 2011 2:33 p.m. DILYSI Dave SuperDork

  Does it have gas?

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  March 29, 2011 3:08 p.m. Bobzilla Dork

  No cap/rotor, DIS here. Yes, it has gas. Fuel pump primes. New car is out of the question. We have one car payment that we get rid of next year, and we're hoping to go 2 more years with NO car payment before replacing one of these Hyundai's.

  The original plan was late this fall the wife takes over my 02 Elantra with 132k miles, I yank the aplha and 5-spd out of the accent, rebuild hte trans, Beta (2.0L Elantra engine) swap it, spings/struts sway bars, wheels and tires and a stereo (just speakers and headunit) and it would be my new DD.

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  March 30, 2011 12:17 a.m. Timeormoney Reader

  On a BMW this would be a likely candidate for the crank position sensor. Injectors can't fire and spark can't go because the ecu doesn't know when to do it

  Today I had some friends help me change my oil, now my car is covered in hello kitty stickers. I'm 37

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  March 30, 2011 1:05 a.m. mtn SuperDork

  Bobzilla wrote: as it's stuck in Carmel right now

  Waddya know, I was just there earlier this month and might be back next month.

  Anytime somebody tells you that vodka mixes well with anything, slide them a jar of mayonnaise and tell them to practice what they preach.

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  March 30, 2011 1:28 a.m. jannet90

  check the distributor cap and rotor. I always start with the least expensive things to fix, and work my way up from there. real estate kerala

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  March 30, 2011 1:31 a.m. Zomby woof SuperDork

  You might want to check the canoe first, and see if it has any spark.

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  March 30, 2011 4:50 a.m. petegossett SuperDork

  Totally OT, but I saw a billboard up there that read "Be IN Carmel", and my first thought was "eeeewwwww".

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  March 30, 2011 6:19 a.m. John Brown SuperDork

  Really sounds like a crank position sensor or cam position sensor.

  Internationally known as The Brown Stig

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  March 30, 2011 7:45 a.m. Bobzilla Dork

  

  This was it still this morning. Got it home around 9pm last night after one of the worst day's I've had in years. Boss is on vaca, busy, dealing with idiots, got word that one of our techs passed away from Pancreatic cancer (greatest Acura technician the world had ever seen and super great guy) at the age of 44. Mix that with a dead car, the winch broke reeling it up the trailer....not making this up. This was a day I'd just as soon forget.

  Barbie (88 Z51 vette) is getting pressed into DD duties so fluids get changed tonight, tune-up this sat with the new shocks. At this point, I could care less about this one. So it'll sit until I'm ready, or one of the other 3 cars breaks.

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