# Car wont start

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/60023>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ls, saturn\
**Created:** [January 16, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/60023 "2011-01-16T16:27:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![mwkarrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@mwkarrick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mwkarrick)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/60023/1 "2011-01-16T16:27:57Z")

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i heard a cliking sound coming from my motor.i change the old and start if up and i put it in r to back it up some tnen i put in d to get it off the cruve then i lost all power and the car wont start.i have just 120560 miles on it

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**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/60023/2 "2011-01-16T16:30:59Z")

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Check the battery cables. Corroded battery cables are bad for this. Get the corrosion cleaned off, especially inside the battery clamp and the plate/lug on the battery. Then check the other ends of the battery cables for corrosion as well.

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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/60023/3 "2011-01-16T16:37:37Z")

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…and be thankful that BustedKnuckles apparently has some background in cryptography. It must have come in handy in decoding that post.

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**Author:** ![mwkarrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@mwkarrick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mwkarrick)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/60023/4 "2011-01-16T16:41:29Z")

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i allready done that.someone told me its the timing so i chk it and the chain is lose it jump wen try to start it