Mitsubishi: Car won't start ?

Hi all,

I have a 1994 Mithsubishi KS Verada/Diamante v6 SOHC.

Today I had the car washed (a red herring i think as there was now washing
in the engine bay), we drove about 2kms to the local shopping centre.
Turned the car off. We were there for about 10 minutes.

I went to restart the car and it failed to turnover - it did try intially
but then wouldn't even do that.

I have checked all the connections and plugs. All the electricals and
battery seem to be running OK, appears to be no spark or engine turnover.

Any ideas ?

Thanks

Jason

"Jason" <com> wrote in message
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Its possible either the alternator got gutfull of wter and has stopped
charging giving you a flat battery, or water got into the starter motor and
has gummed up the solenoid.
Its very common for alternators to stop charging after being doused with
water. They do dry out after max-time a day and start working again.

Jason

Shouldn't be the battery it is showing 12.3 V.

"Jason James" <com> wrote in message
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"Jason" <com> wrote in message
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Do all the ignition lights and engine check light etc come on as normal?

Is it auto/man?

Is the battery clamp secure and clean?

Do your headlights work?

Regards,

Clockmeister.

Washing the engine shouldn't do anything to the car. At most you will get
the plug wires wet and have some misfiring. It is possible they blasted a
wire loose. The most likely culprit is the cam angle sensor. If that signal
doesn't make it, the car will not start. I will store a code, but you can't
see it because it wont start. Check that connection first.

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Todd Honea
"Jason" <com> wrote in message
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If it was one of those washes where they have the aggressive sprays
from underneath it may have gotten water into something. Why it would
go a distance and then quit works against my theory.

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 08:18:07 +0000, Jason wrote: 

Possibly a crack in the distributor cap? letting in moisture? I remember
years ago working on a buddy's car in the (cooling) evening. We had the
distributor cap off, and finished up at dusk. The engine just would not
fire. My friend looked at me with a sad expression that said "you broke
my car". On a hunch, I dried the inside of the distributor cap with paper
towels, and it fired right up. Dunno if modern electronic ignitions are as
much affected, but I think so. Distributor still handles high voltage.

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Juhan Leemet
Logicognosis, Inc.

Jason wrote: 
But it might not have enough coulombs in it to pull the skin off a rice
pudding. The only two ways to test a battery efficiently are a discharge
test and reading the "specific gravity".
I am *not* saying the battery *is* the problem.
I am merely pointing out to anyone interested that a battery can read
that level of voltage but have minimal charge capacity, beware.

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Take Care.
Feral