mromnek
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- 2002 Ford Explorer
I went to crank my truck yesterday and it didn't "catch" when I released to the ignition switch. After that, I tried it again, and the motor did not crank. I figured it might have been the battery. So, I had to wait till today to try it again with booster cables.
When I tried it this morning, again there was nothing. It was not clicking, like it would if the battery were low. I could feel strain on the engine as the starter solenoid picked up, but the engine didn't turn. Fearing the worst, I went to check for the motor being seized. I turned the crankshaft by hand, and it was not seized.
Having removed the serpentine belt, I decided to remove the spark plugs to see if it would crank without the accessories or compression. The engine turned over fine. When I put everything back together again (with new sparkplugs), it cranked up just fine.
So, any ideas on what happened? I have thought: when I initially tried to start it, a cylinder got near TDC, and subsequent attempts to crank couldn't overcome the pressure in that particular cylinder. Addionally, I had a couple spark plugs that just were not up to par. Possibly the cylinder that was under compression was one of the cylinders with a bad plug.
Any thoughts?
When I tried it this morning, again there was nothing. It was not clicking, like it would if the battery were low. I could feel strain on the engine as the starter solenoid picked up, but the engine didn't turn. Fearing the worst, I went to check for the motor being seized. I turned the crankshaft by hand, and it was not seized.
Having removed the serpentine belt, I decided to remove the spark plugs to see if it would crank without the accessories or compression. The engine turned over fine. When I put everything back together again (with new sparkplugs), it cranked up just fine.
So, any ideas on what happened? I have thought: when I initially tried to start it, a cylinder got near TDC, and subsequent attempts to crank couldn't overcome the pressure in that particular cylinder. Addionally, I had a couple spark plugs that just were not up to par. Possibly the cylinder that was under compression was one of the cylinders with a bad plug.
Any thoughts?
