If you have been a car
user for years, it must not be an uncommon experience for you, when you car was
cranking as usual but not being able to get started. According to the
automotive industry technicians, this state of a car is termed as the “a
no-start condition". The diagnosing process of what could have caused have
never been that complicated though. It has to be a scarcity of any of the basic
need items like fuel, air, and spark. So, if there is any clogging in the
pathways of any of these items, the result can be simple, your car will refuse
to start normally.
To start a vehicle, these
three things need to come together at the right sequence of time and quantities
and keep flowing in the same order for the engine to run. The technicians at
the Henderson car dealer service center said, it isn’t very
difficult for them to chalk out the reason behind the failed ignition, as it
always has been wither the coil, or some issue with the oil distributor, failed
fuel pump, or obstructed fuel filter that is creating a hindrance in the smooth
flow of the fuel, air, or spark, causing the engine to crank but not start.
Terminologies Defining
the Problem
The technicians who
work at the vehicle service centers categorized these issues in few terminologies
that are shared by all across the globe. Here’s a hint to them, to make it easy
for you to know what could have gone wrong with your car. For this we need to
be clear about, what it means by “cranking” and “starting” of your car engine.
What is Cranking
There are some car
owners who think that this terminology is indicative of an engine to be
running. But foran automobile technician, it means that the starter of the said
car is able to successfully engage the flywheel while properly rotating the
crankshaft of the engine. Hence, this stage is also called by some technicians as
“cranking."
What are No-Start
Conditions
If your car is facing a
no-start condition, it has to be the starter issue that is either engaging or
rotating the crank shaft or it isn't. When it isn’t doing any of them, your car
is facing the no-start condition.
To diagnose the exact
problem, we heard the technicians serving at the Las
Vegas car dealer checking all these parts.
They usually start with
the car battery that might have enough juice remaining to turn the engine over
but might not have enough “oomph" left that is required to make the engine
start. This is seen to be happening more frequently with the fuel injected and
computer-controlled engines.
This is why, the
technicians will always recommend the car owners to keep a check on the battery
with the help of a multimeter to make sure it is able to read a number that
counts at least 12.4 volts.
