hey, i have a punto cabrio 90 elx, i bought it 4 years ago and it ran fine before being garaged about 3 and a half years ago. i turned it over regularly to keep everything loose, until one day i left an interior light on and ran the battery out. due to the fact the car is garaged about 40 miles away and i rarely have time to go, it wasn't ever re-charged, and the car hasn't run at all for 3 years.
Now i have the time and with summer arriving, i decided to get the punto up and running again, so i went and bought a new battery and put it in, turned the key and was greated by a slow groaning noise as the starter obviously cant spin the engine fast enough to start. the engine does turn..... very, very slowly, but its nowhere near coughing into life. i had a look at the engine and listened as it tried to start. the top pulley on the drivers side seems to be grinding and sticking, so i have wd-40'd all the pulleys on that side. but surely that one pulley can't be whats stopping it bursting into life?
is there any know points for this particular engine that could be causing the problem? or could it be the starter motor thats sticking?
i've tried with a fully charged battery 4 times without any success, but tonight i gave the pulleys another good wd-40ing, and got all the backs of them done, after leaving this to do its thing, do you think this will solve the problem?
it also has fresh oil and fuel
im really stuck for ideas..... help!!:bang:
Now i have the time and with summer arriving, i decided to get the punto up and running again, so i went and bought a new battery and put it in, turned the key and was greated by a slow groaning noise as the starter obviously cant spin the engine fast enough to start. the engine does turn..... very, very slowly, but its nowhere near coughing into life. i had a look at the engine and listened as it tried to start. the top pulley on the drivers side seems to be grinding and sticking, so i have wd-40'd all the pulleys on that side. but surely that one pulley can't be whats stopping it bursting into life?
is there any know points for this particular engine that could be causing the problem? or could it be the starter motor thats sticking?
i've tried with a fully charged battery 4 times without any success, but tonight i gave the pulleys another good wd-40ing, and got all the backs of them done, after leaving this to do its thing, do you think this will solve the problem?
it also has fresh oil and fuel
im really stuck for ideas..... help!!:bang: