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Me Polo wont start biys....

  • 20-10-2009 9:40am
    #1
    Cha
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭


    Got the old doll a new car and ignored her old car for a few weeks and now it wont start :(

    Its a 1997 VW POLO 1.0 petrol.

    Turning the key has not attempted to engage the engine. Zero happens but i do hear a kind of low level winding noise after each attempt for a second or two.
    The battery is fine and i have even tried it with another battery connected in case that was creating any issue.
    I cant attempt to jump the car due to the location in the garden.

    Im thinking 'starter motor' and im thinking 'how do i get this thing to the garage?'

    Before i hire Geoff Capes to lift the car out of the garden, is there anything i should look at which might be worth checking?


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  • #2
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    If it's the starter motor, pop the bonnet and have someone tap it (gently) with a hammer while you try turning it over. Worth a shot


  • #3
    Cha
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭Cha


    EPM wrote: »
    If it's the starter motor, pop the bonnet and have someone tap it (gently) with a hammer while you try turning it over. Worth a shot

    Tap gently with a hammer you say huh?

    Sounds like a plan. How gently is gently. Knock on the door style?


  • #4
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Cha wrote: »
    Tap gently with a hammer you say huh?

    Sounds like a plan. How gently is gently. Knock on the door style?

    Well dont smash the sh1te out of it. A few light knocks - maybe lighter than knocking on a door. It will have a metal casing on it so dont go denting that


  • #5
    Cha
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭Cha


    EPM wrote: »
    Well dont smash the sh1te out of it. A few light knocks - maybe lighter than knocking on a door. It will have a metal casing on it so dont go denting that

    thanks. I'll give it a lash then...


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