deffe

Hi All

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdlHGl6oxEg

I've just recived my car (350Z '03). Which I bought for 3 months ago. The car has been shipped from the US California to Sweden. Which means it has not been
driven for a long time. The battery was close to dead when it arrived but has now been recharged.

The car looks greate, but it wont start!

Ive tried to charge the battery and also tried to start it in a warm garage several times with the same result.

I feal that it can be whatever. I have not even seen the car until today so it could be something as simple like not knowing which buttons to push. Like the clutch thingy :-P

Im going to change the sparkplugs and those basic stuff tomorrow but all help is much appreciated. Basic as advance.

F34RL355

did you put some gas in?

hellsoldiers08

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could it be a bad pump?? have you tried pushing it and someone gets in real quick and does a clutch pop. you have it in 1st gear push down left off and then push down again real quick. The car would feel like it trying to start or w.e. exactly how long did it take for shipping??

deffe

indicator shows half tank.

deffe

Hooked it up behind my fathers Volvo V70 and tried to start it up with a clutch pop several times. It did not seem like it was realy igniting. it could have been my imagination but I did a few times "belive" it was running a bit by its own but like I said it was probably more of imagination then anything else.

hellsoldiers08

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hmm. well you may want to check to see the fuel pump is runnning because it could not be getting gas to the engine. Also how long was the shipping time?

huyrua

iTrader: (30)

Sound like your tranponder was not synched up. I take it that you bought a used car. The previous owner could have gotten the key cut but did not sych the transponder. I had the same thing happend when I had to replaced my keys. The car will started but it cut of right afterward.

deffe

Shipping time was about 1½-2 month.

Will haver a look if the pump is working later on but I belive so. I think I can hear it startup when turning the key.

deffe

This could perhaps be the reason. Sounds alot like my problem. I was just googling for "immobilizer" and "350Z". Will try to find more info about this so that I can test it somehow(?)

DavesZ#3

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You might want to read the owners manual before trying any more drastic measures like that. You could be making the problem worse.


A bad/dying battery could be your problem. While you can put it on a charger and it may even read 14V, it won't be able to crank the car. Under load it may not be delivering enough power. If you have access to a battery tester, use one of those to check the cranking ability. Worse case, buy a new battery and start from there.

deffe

I have a manual car (MT) so it "should" not be any problem... or has nissan something special to be worried about ?

Ive tried to start the car using startingcables. taking power from the volvo. Meaning the Volvo was the powersource for the 350z


Its like it fires of for halfasecond to like 1500rpm (max) if I put the pedal to the metal when starting then it totaly dies on me. half a second max..

deffe

Just tried the 10 seconds on and then 5 seconds off (doing it twice method)
and also the other way around 5seconds on and 10 seconds on (doing twice).

without results.

Perhaps Im doing it wrong?

hellsoldiers08

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what the guy said about they key thing, makes sense. You should go to your local dealer and see if that not the case before you check pumps and stuff.

R350Zz33

iTrader: (4)

do u hear ur fuel pump come on when u turn the ignition to on u should here a buzz for a second or two behind the driver seat

deffe

Yes I belive so.

deffe

I got 3 keys on 2 diffrent keychains.

One of the "remotecontrols" seems to work. it locks/unlocks the doors aswell as trunk. The other remote is either out of battery or not working.

Would it be possible to lock and unlock the car even though the "tranponder was not synched" ?

deffe

Im confident that the car "starts" for a breif moment of time. Its like if it fires up and then something "shuts" the engine off extremly quickly.

Ive tried to start the engine so many times now so that I can now smell the gasoline in the exhaust pipes.

It sure feals like some sort of security immobilizer thingy is in the way. Or at least that is what I think.

GT-Z

iTrader: (2)

It's gotta be a fuel pump.. it starts but wont stay started because there is no gas..

huyrua

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When I redid my keys I had to do three things in order for the car run.

1.reprogram the remote( It will only lock/unlock your car)
2.cut the key (It will allow you to lock/unlock your car)
3.reprogram the transponder(chip)-my car would only starts up and dies afterward prior to that.

In your video, that's what my car did. I don't think its your battery or your fuel pump. Good luck on diagnosing the problem. Keep us posted and congrats on the Z.

deffe

Thanks alot for your input.
Could you if possible describe in details how you reprogrammed your transponder since I could not find that much info about it, or at least not enough info to do it correctly.

Also. the second step... Cut the key?
Say what?

I think you might have the solution for my problem, and I would be very thankful for your time and help over the forum.

Thanks