# Car wontstart when it rains **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [December 24, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wontstart-when-it-rains/8635 "2007-12-24T02:50:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bob\_zen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@bob\_zen](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bob_zen)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wontstart-when-it-rains/8635/1 "2007-12-24T02:50:53Z")
my car wont start when it rains but starts right up when it dries out. ---
**Author:** ![jmmmac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@jmmmac](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jmmmac)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wontstart-when-it-rains/8635/2 "2007-12-24T02:53:19Z")
check the connections on ur starter ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wontstart-when-it-rains/8635/3 "2007-12-24T02:53:38Z")
Make, year, and model, please? How are we supposed to know these things if you don’t tell us? You probably need new spark plug wires, and maybe a new distributor cap and rotor, but without more information, that’s just a GUESS. What are you driving (or hoping to drive)? ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wontstart-when-it-rains/8635/4 "2007-12-24T03:02:35Z")
Sorry, but you missed a few letters. “Your” is spelled Y-o-u-r, not “ur.” “ur” is not a word (if it is, it’s not equivalent to your), no matter what email or text message conventions might be. Criticize me if you want, but you’re wrong. Am I the only one who cares about spelling and grammar anymore? ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wontstart-when-it-rains/8635/5 "2007-12-24T12:42:21Z")
Make model year. Any history of problems or service. When you say it won’t start, do you mean the starter motor does nothing or that it turns over but does not start. Can you describe any noise etc that might be interesting. Off hand I would guess it is the ignition system and new plug wires will do, but with out more information I could be totally on the wrong path. ---
**Author:** ![Jeffmw05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@Jeffmw05](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jeffmw05)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wontstart-when-it-rains/8635/6 "2007-12-24T16:41:06Z")
Hooray! Why is everyone too lazy to type the extra “y” and “o” to make “you” ? “u” isn’t a word, it just makes you look like an idiot. I used to type like that, then I decided I didn’t want a career bagging groceries.