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Car cranks for 2secs and stops. Help.

  • 07-12-2019 2:01pm
    #1
    Pique
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,065 ✭✭✭


    Tried to start my 2014 Subaru XV diesel this morning.

    It cranks for 2 seconds and stops. Won't start.

    Any ideas? Was running fine yesterday.


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  • #2
    lintdrummer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭lintdrummer


    Pique wrote: »
    Tried to start my 2014 Subaru XV diesel this morning.

    It cranks for 2 seconds and stops. Won't start.

    Any ideas? Was running fine yesterday.

    Battery?


  • #3
    newmember2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,599 ✭✭✭newmember2


    Pique wrote: »
    Tried to start my 2014 Subaru XV diesel this morning.

    It cranks for 2 seconds and stops. Won't start.

    Any ideas? Was running fine yesterday.


    It cranks strong from the battery, the engine doesn't fire and the cranking stops after two seconds?


    Starter motor


  • #4
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,683 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Does it do exactly to the same every time?


  • #5
    Pique
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,065 ✭✭✭Pique


    Battery was fine, but a booster pack did help and allowed it to start but it idled rough as a badgers arse.

    Drove it a couple of miles and it lost all power at one point. Then it ran perfectly fine again. It's done the same on occasion for the mrs but I never experienced it and didn't realise how severe it was.

    Thought it was an injector problem but rang my mechanic (on a saturday!) and he reckons it could be fuel starvation from a blocked filter as injectors prob wouldn't be intermittent like that and also only 40+k miles on it. Gonna drop it to him on Monday for a look.


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