Strike
08-27-2009, 05:23 PM
So....yesterday my car wouldn't start. I did some checking (and research on the interwebs) and figured out that either the fuel pump or pump relay is bad. :rolleyes
Ok, no big deal. I just needed to test the relay first to see if that's the problem. Well, I don't have a voltmeter so I had to wait until today and borrow my dad's. So I go to my dad's house after work and borrow his meter and come home to check the relay. Before I started, I decided to try to start the car on a prayer. Well, no battery power. :wow Huh. Interesting. I glanced at the headlight switch. It was turned one click so the driving lights (but not the headlights) were on.
Somehow, I must have bumped it or turned it yesterday when I was checking the fuses. Couldn't tell you how or why I did, but I must have. :bang
Just another in a line of annoying things to go wrong with my car lately. I thought the alternator was bad a couple weeks ago because my battery light lit up while I was at a stop light. Same thing happened 3 years ago and led to my car dying a few blocks later. So I replaced the alternator. Now (well, before yesterday) the battery light barely lights up when the engine is idling after warming up. Also, my brakes have been loud for months but I've been too lazy to replace them which means the rotors are probably trashed by now. On top of that, I'm way overdue for an oil change. (yes I pay a lube shop to do it.)
Much as I'd love to just scrap the damn thing and get a new car, that's just not going to happen with my lack of funds and bad credit. So, there it is. I'm on the bus for the short future.
*sigh* I need a smoke. :hat
Ok, no big deal. I just needed to test the relay first to see if that's the problem. Well, I don't have a voltmeter so I had to wait until today and borrow my dad's. So I go to my dad's house after work and borrow his meter and come home to check the relay. Before I started, I decided to try to start the car on a prayer. Well, no battery power. :wow Huh. Interesting. I glanced at the headlight switch. It was turned one click so the driving lights (but not the headlights) were on.
Somehow, I must have bumped it or turned it yesterday when I was checking the fuses. Couldn't tell you how or why I did, but I must have. :bang
Just another in a line of annoying things to go wrong with my car lately. I thought the alternator was bad a couple weeks ago because my battery light lit up while I was at a stop light. Same thing happened 3 years ago and led to my car dying a few blocks later. So I replaced the alternator. Now (well, before yesterday) the battery light barely lights up when the engine is idling after warming up. Also, my brakes have been loud for months but I've been too lazy to replace them which means the rotors are probably trashed by now. On top of that, I'm way overdue for an oil change. (yes I pay a lube shop to do it.)
Much as I'd love to just scrap the damn thing and get a new car, that's just not going to happen with my lack of funds and bad credit. So, there it is. I'm on the bus for the short future.
*sigh* I need a smoke. :hat