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bob
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Ok I went to help out one of our neighbors start his 2003 dodge van, with a 3.9 lt V6 , and auto transmission.
Its been sitting for about 3 years without being started.
Sitting un-used, because the front ball joint needed to be replaced, (we did that last week).
So , knowing its been not started for 3 years, we drained the fuel, and replaced that, we did an oil change and put in new spark plugs, changed the , oil, oil filter and fuel filter and tried to charge the old battery.
Now as expected the old battery is probably toast as it barely holds a charge, after sitting 3 years un-used.
so we will replace that, but the question is,I'm a bit curious , when we jump the car with jumper cables and hit the ignition/starter, the engine starts to spin, it might turn 60-90 degrees, then a fuse blows on the starter ignition circuit.
Well , seeing that happen, we pulled all the plugs thinking we might have a blown head gasket , with coolant hydraulically locking up a cylinder, but after pulling the plugs (which look clean) and squirting some marvel mystery oil in each spark plug hole (grumpy would be pleased).
We tried turning the engine over manually , with a breaker bar as a test, and it spins easily,
Yet, if we hit the starter circuit, it blows a fuze, after the engine barely rotates....any ideas??
I'm thinking its a short in the old battery, causing this? I'm sure we will find out as soon as the battery's replaced but I find that a bit odd?
Its been sitting for about 3 years without being started.
Sitting un-used, because the front ball joint needed to be replaced, (we did that last week).
So , knowing its been not started for 3 years, we drained the fuel, and replaced that, we did an oil change and put in new spark plugs, changed the , oil, oil filter and fuel filter and tried to charge the old battery.
Now as expected the old battery is probably toast as it barely holds a charge, after sitting 3 years un-used.
so we will replace that, but the question is,I'm a bit curious , when we jump the car with jumper cables and hit the ignition/starter, the engine starts to spin, it might turn 60-90 degrees, then a fuse blows on the starter ignition circuit.
Well , seeing that happen, we pulled all the plugs thinking we might have a blown head gasket , with coolant hydraulically locking up a cylinder, but after pulling the plugs (which look clean) and squirting some marvel mystery oil in each spark plug hole (grumpy would be pleased).
We tried turning the engine over manually , with a breaker bar as a test, and it spins easily,
Yet, if we hit the starter circuit, it blows a fuze, after the engine barely rotates....any ideas??
I'm thinking its a short in the old battery, causing this? I'm sure we will find out as soon as the battery's replaced but I find that a bit odd?