student302
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So I'm in a bit over my head. I recently purchased a 1995 Civic SI (Canadian, so it came with the D16Z6) as my very first car, and at the time I bought it there was a bit of rust work / a dent that needed to be done, the clutch was shot, and it was leaking quite a bit of oil.
I was going to try and fix the leak, and replace the clutch so I could actually start driving it, however my friend convinced m to do a B18B1 motor swap on the car.
I've swapped out the motor, and now tried to start up the car but it won't start. I'm thinking it could be a battery, or something to do with the immobilizer on it.
(I know next to nothing about cars), I've had a couple of friends help me this far with the entire swap and they're both out of town for the next few weeks and I'd like to get it running.
The dash lights were all extremely dim, and when I tried to start the car up it would make a rrrrrr-rrrr-rrrr sound (not technical I know), it sounds like it would turn over, just not actually start up?
My first thought was the battery, as all the dash lights were extremely dim so I borrowed a battery charger and left it at 2 amps overnight. I checked it again this morning, on the charger the battery was sitting at 13.20 volts, as soon as i unplugged the charger (before it was even plugged into the car), it had dropped to 12.85. I checked it just before I started it, and it was sitting at 12.60, when I tried to start it up all of the dash lights were brighter but the motor still made the exact same sound when turning over and didn't start.
So I guess my questions are.
Does it sound like the battery is shot since the voltage is dropping?
and
I know there's probably a million possibilities, but is there anything else obvious I can check which would lead to a car not starting yet still "turning over" slowly.
First post here, so thanks for any advice
I was going to try and fix the leak, and replace the clutch so I could actually start driving it, however my friend convinced m to do a B18B1 motor swap on the car.
I've swapped out the motor, and now tried to start up the car but it won't start. I'm thinking it could be a battery, or something to do with the immobilizer on it.
(I know next to nothing about cars), I've had a couple of friends help me this far with the entire swap and they're both out of town for the next few weeks and I'd like to get it running.
The dash lights were all extremely dim, and when I tried to start the car up it would make a rrrrrr-rrrr-rrrr sound (not technical I know), it sounds like it would turn over, just not actually start up?
My first thought was the battery, as all the dash lights were extremely dim so I borrowed a battery charger and left it at 2 amps overnight. I checked it again this morning, on the charger the battery was sitting at 13.20 volts, as soon as i unplugged the charger (before it was even plugged into the car), it had dropped to 12.85. I checked it just before I started it, and it was sitting at 12.60, when I tried to start it up all of the dash lights were brighter but the motor still made the exact same sound when turning over and didn't start.
So I guess my questions are.
Does it sound like the battery is shot since the voltage is dropping?
and
I know there's probably a million possibilities, but is there anything else obvious I can check which would lead to a car not starting yet still "turning over" slowly.
First post here, so thanks for any advice