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Just Got A Call From The Paint Shop And Now They Tell Me My Car Wont Start??

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Old 10-13-2006, 07:45 PM
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Just Got A Call From The Paint Shop And Now They Tell Me My Car Wont Start??

well now after leaving the car with the paint shop to get resprayed i get the call i wasnt hoping for.... they tell me that they pulled the car out to clean it up so i can pick it up tommaro then they tell me they cant get it started to pull it in the shop i hear the car crankin in the backround im really scared they busted something
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Go tell your blog.
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any idea what it can be
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Sounds like Tucan Sam put some fruit loops in the intake when no one was looking.
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probably something stupid... check spark? Maybe a blown fuse?
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Re: Just Got A Call From The Paint Shop And Now They Tell Me My Car Wont Start??

what the heck are we supposed to tell you?????
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jeez i dunno i thought i can get some ideas what to do when i pick it up tomm my bad forget i asked lol
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Re: Just Got A Call From The Paint Shop And Now They Tell Me My Car Wont Start??

Check all the grounds where they did the paint work.

I had the same problem after I painted my engine bay and found the I wasn't getting a very good ground at one location.
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thats a very good idea see im glad i made this post
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Re: Just Got A Call From The Paint Shop And Now They Tell Me My Car Wont Start??

I had the same problem. Only with mine they ran down the battery. Im guessing they didnt disconnect the battery the whole time it was in there. Which was like 2-3 months. So they put a battery charger on it and it started, but the first time I turned it off, it wouldnt start again. Somehow they ruined my battery, which i got at walmart not too long before it went into the shop so it was still under warrenty, they ended up replaced it with a new one.

Thats what i would check first. Seems like a common problem. If thats not it, you might want to check the grounds, maybe they forgot to hook one back up or maybe they dont have a good contact.
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Re: Just Got A Call From The Paint Shop And Now They Tell Me My Car Wont Start??

could it be a faulty pcm
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Re: Just Got A Call From The Paint Shop And Now They Tell Me My Car Wont Start??

Originally Posted by playa7970
could it be a faulty pcm
It could be a dozen or more different things. No way to diagnose without more data.
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