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[dirtysix]

Gas stations are open normal hours here, you silly Californian.

My kid just went to bed about half an hour ago, if I start the thing now, it's going to wake up half the neighborhood. And my wife will probably punch me in the face.

...Probably worth it.

... Maybe.

Negative.

[parkerbink]

Gas stations are open normal hours here, you silly Californian.

My kid just went to bed about half an hour ago, if I start the thing now, it's going to wake up half the neighborhood. And my wife will probably punch me in the face.

So do it now at 2:24am.

lol


*edit*
Jeez the server clock is off, says 2:11.

[ck_taft325is]

...Probably worth it.

... Maybe.

[Wh33lhop]

Gas stations are open normal hours here, you silly Californian.

My kid just went to bed about half an hour ago, if I start the thing now, it's going to wake up half the neighborhood. And my wife will probably punch me in the face.

...Probably worth it.

[Jand3rson]

Gas stations are open normal hours here, you silly Californian.

My kid just went to bed about half an hour ago, if I start the thing now, it's going to wake up half the neighborhood. And my wife will probably punch me in the face.

[Wh33lhop]

Haha, that video brings back memories.

Try swapping the relay out with a known working one--just gank a fan or low beam relay (if the low beam relays are 4-prong, I can't remember) from your fuse box for the time being. I would have been all over a gas station as well but with those silly full service laws in Oregon they may be closed?

[Jand3rson]

It takes a while to get the gas to the rail too.

I've tried cranking it with both the (suspected) supply and the return lines off and into plastic bottles, no fuel coming out of either one, and there's no fuel coming out of the vapor line. So at this point, I think I can assume that it's either the relay, or the car is actually completely out of gas. Because right now, it sounds EXACTLY like this:



And he had his lines reversed. Once they were fixed, it started. So by that, I can assume it's either the relay or out of gas. Could be the pump(s) too, but I doubt that since they were both working perfectly fine when I parked it.

[KenC]

It takes a while to get the gas to the rail too.

[Jand3rson]

Just tried jumping it with my work vehicle, and it cranks MUCH harder, windows are operating at normal speed, but still no start. It's acting like it wants to, too. I think it might actually be totally out of gas. Guess I'll find out tomorrow.

[Jand3rson]

There is a solid chance that if that battery was in the car when you got it, it also spent time in my m3. Might need to be replaced!

Possibly. Just took it off the charger and put it back in the car for a test crank, and while it cranked noticeably much harder this time, still no start and the windows still seemed to go back up pretty slowly (they were SUPER slow before). So I put it back on the charger just to see what the battery was at, and it was already back down at 4 on the indicator. So I'm going to take the battery down tomorrow and have it tested, we'll see what happens.

[uofom3]

I'll look into that, thanks Chris. Fingers crossed for me that she starts up tomorrow!

There is a solid chance that if that battery was in the car when you got it, it also spent time in my m3. Might need to be replaced!

[Jand3rson]

I'll look into that, thanks Chris. Fingers crossed for me that she starts up tomorrow!

[UNHCLL]

I've charged the Optima before on the charger I have, seems to work fine. Is there a better one you'd recommend, or beyond that, maybe a better battery? The Optima has never let me down before, but if there's something better out there that's cheaper, I'm definitely interested.

I personally think Optima's, if properly maintained, are excellent. We have them in all the boats & most of our customer cars that sit for extended periods of time.

I'd recommend a CTEK charger, as you can use it to charge the battery, and maintain it during the winter when the car is in storage. It has leads that you can leave attached to the terminals.

Look for a CTek Multi US 3300.

-Chris

[LJ851]

I have seen a lot of optima batteries fail prematurely, not my own but people i know. I have used interstate batteries for a lot of years with great success and they have an E30 specific batt set up for a vent line like stock, You dont want a trunk full of hydrogen! Highly recommended.

[Jand3rson]

That was the problem we had summer before last when Crivvy was down here, and we reassembled the top end of my engine. :D