Help!!! Explorer wont start! vid inside

[Darkman6909]

Any Ideas why the car wont start? we just got a new battery put in cause it was sitting for about a year no one touched it all. What can i do to get it to start?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBJYvQUhEfk

 

[my pos mounty]

Thats a new battery? Doesn't sound like it. Was the battery fully charged? When you buy them new they are not charged, they just dump the elctrolyte in there. You have to charge it for a good hour or so before you use it. If you have a dead battery, and get a "new" battery, make sure the store fully charges it before you put it in the truck. (13.6 volts or so) Don't think the alternator is going to put the full charge in there for you. The result of that will be burned diodes in your alternator, and you will be buying a new one. Been there, done it.

 

[my98nnj]

That's a dead battery.

 

[2000StreetRod]

old fuel

I suggest that you siphon all of the fuel out of the tank, change the fuel filter, add 1/2 tank of new fuel and a bottle of fuel injector cleaner before you start the engine.

 

[my pos mounty]

I suggest that you siphon all of the fuel out of the tank, change the fuel filter, add 1/2 tank of new fuel and a bottle of fuel injector cleaner before you start the engine.

X2 what he said.
I might add; change the engine oil and filter before starting it too.
Might want to check the air filter box, if you find what appears to be a nest, look at the filter media, if it is breached, start looking in the intake tube for dead mice. Seen it alot.

 

[Darkman6909]

I suggest that you siphon all of the fuel out of the tank, change the fuel filter, add 1/2 tank of new fuel and a bottle of fuel injector cleaner before you start the engine.

Lol how do Go about draining the fuel? I can change the oil and all that jazz but i have never drained fuel or changed the fuel filter... Im 17 Btw Thanks for the help guys.

 

[my pos mounty]

Siphon it out, pump it out, or drop the tank.
Changing fuel filter is covered in post #3 of this--> http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=257948
Borrowed from 2000streetrods' "my helpful threads"

 

[Electrohacker]

on the last attempt to start I hear an electrical ARC, listen closely.

I would suggest changing the battery terminals and wires, maybe looking at the starter connections too for corrosion




BTW I actually had a mouse eat through my air filter once, thats when I bought a K&N, mice cant get in it