Car wont start,can anyone help ??.

[999gsi]

So i get in the car this lunchtime.turn the key..nothing..battery fully charged,everything works,turn ignition dash lghts self check as per normal,but then wont turn over,(recovery had a look,think it may be the immobiliser)car locks and unlocks with key etc etc..so im stuck at home,thankfully not at work this week..does anyone know a Cheap mobile auto electrician or similar who may be able to sort it.. car is a 2001 octavia 2.0petrol.thanks phil..

[999gsi]

sorry forgot to add.Im in Tasburgh(just south of norwich)

[digger the goat]

Hit the starter motor with a hammer !!
Works every time ....

[-Pete-]

Hit the starter motor with a sturdy bit of wood, as hammer can damage it.
Or find some friends old enough (45+) and get them to help you bump start it (2nd gear).

If it won't bump start, it might well be the immobiliser.

[swifthobo]

Hello didn't realise you were so close Long Stratton here. Anyways excalibur springs to mind http://www.excaliburautoelectrics.co.uk/contact.ht... Failing that a friend of mine Mark (stampy) works at Sas on stratton industrial estate and he is very good when it comes to electrics.

[KelWedge]

swifthobo said:

Hello didn't realise you were so close Long Stratton here. Anyways excalibur springs to mind http://www.excaliburautoelectrics.co.uk/contact.ht... Failing that a friend of mine Mark (stampy) works at Sas on stratton industrial estate and he is very good when it comes to electrics.

Agree give Nick at Excalibur a ring he knows his stuff, and you can even talk cars as he sorts it.

[999gsi]

thanks guys,will give excaliber a call in morning..did hit starter motor a few times as did recovery chap...didnt work...swifthobo only been here a few weeks due to seperation,i drive past your hse every week as my children are in harleston..fancy a pint one night?????

[swifthobo]

Oh that's not good to hear! yeah no worries Im up for pint we'll see if fellow Ph'er Ed Purnell is in aswell as he is only in Newton Flotman I think.

[KevF]

swifthobo said:

Oh that's not good to hear! yeah no worries Im up for pint we'll see if fellow Ph'er Ed Purnell is in aswell as he is only in Newton Flotman I think.

Watch it...it's not a pint of beer he will be after......the CRV was looking low on blood stocks last time I saw it..

[edpurnell]

I can do a pint.......however I dont like needles so no blood giving. BBQ/drink at mine any time....I have also done the seperation thing so know how it feels.The future is bright so dont worry.Yes I am in Newton. A night of beer and cars is order me thinks.

[edpurnell]

swifthobo add me on facebbook if you are on it. edpurnell you'll recognise my profile pic when you see it.

[swifthobo]

Done! and Im also not good with needles but drinks sounds good.

[Quikcurl]

Forgive me for butting in chaps, but I am in Stoke-Holy-Cross...

Don't suppose there's room for one more when you have a pint!?
I need somebody to talk cars with!

[cupra20vt]

999gsi said:

So i get in the car this lunchtime.turn the key..nothing..battery fully charged,everything works,turn ignition dash lghts self check as per normal,but then wont turn over,(recovery had a look,think it may be the immobiliser)car locks and unlocks with key etc etc..so im stuck at home,thankfully not at work this week..does anyone know a Cheap mobile auto electrician or similar who may be able to sort it.. car is a 2001 octavia 2.0petrol.thanks phil..

Possibly ignition switch.
Fairly inexpensive if it is.
The immobiliser usually allows the car to turn over and start, then cuts out after a couple of seconds.
Also if it is the ignition switch you can push/bump start the car.

[edpurnell]

The more the merrier quikcurl.

[999gsi]

sorry for late reply..recovery chappie comes out,checks this and that,thinks its the electrics..today parfit auto electrical come out(excaliber fully booked for two weeks)lo and behold starter motor is buggered..so spent last few hrs stripping engine to get to the two key bolts.and find i dont have a socket that fits..hopefully my old man can pop out tomorrow with correct one so should be fixed by week end.gettin fed up with cycling to norwich....A pint of beer is what i now need so gonna cycle to stratton to get some....phil.

[edpurnell]

Phil, pm what size socket you need along with your number and I can drop one round tomorrow about 10-10:30.Enjoy your cold pint.

[999gsi]

thanks ed,pm sent... Am enjoying a nice cold aunty stella and i will have one for you too...phil

[swifthobo]

I go through tasburgh to norwich at around 8.30am and if your in stratton again girlfriends parents own the swan in long stratton so I'm sometimes in there.

[999gsi]

:woohoo..i am a happy man.A massive thanks to ed..not only did he come by with a socket,he went back home to get a long metal bar(the bottom bolt was a bxxxxr to get off) and then drove me to norwich to get a new starter motor...its fitted and it works..Nice to meet a fellow pistonheader and a very plesant chap as well...gained a friend and a car that works.. thanks mate .....phil