Hi Guys my names Anthony, i'm sorta new to this website, um a few days ago i bought a vl SL n/a im 16 years old so this is my first car. i bought it knowing it didnt start.. the guy said it "might be the starter motor" i wanna hear what you guys think. when i go to turn the car on, it cranks for 2 seconds normaly then sorta spits and the car shakes and just stops . Also when i tap my tire with my foot the fuse box makes weird noises lol it's the 2 big fuses above all the little ones that make the weird noise. i'de be happy to hear what you guys think.. oh and i forgot to mention when i checked the oil the other day i smelt the dipstick and it smelt like petrol? haha heres a picture of the car... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

dosent sound like the starter motor if it still cranks over when you turn the ignition on can you hear the fuel pump buzzing? also check to see if you got good spark i had a similar problem and it turned out to be my fuel pump good luck with it car looks pretty tidy too

Dude that pic is freakin huge!! Looks nice tho Id be leaning toward fuel pump too.. Check your fuel pump and EFI fuse/relay too..

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update, usualy it cranks but now it doesent. all it does is make a loud clicking noise and the park break light comes up and then i seem to smell petrol afterwards.. anyone had the same symptoms?

if you havent had it running or the battery on charge then the battery has probably gone flat. when the starter dosent have enough power to crank the motor over it usually just makes a loud clicking noise as for the fuel smell, try and see if theres any obvious leaks.

hmm i dunno man the batterys good i just checked now..for some reason it cranked aswell, heard the fuel pump buzzing when i turned the ignition on and yeah it just cranked engine shook n it stopped. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

take a speark plug lead out, and when cranking put it a cm away from the block, to see if it sparks, that way you know if its got spark. you need, air, fuel and spark for it to run.. could be 100's of things...

Pull a plug out and put it in a lead then crank it over, you should be able to see the plug spark, if it doesnt then it could be a coil or ignition sensor, borrow a coil and check. The pump should buzz in the tank when you turn the key to reds, nice clean buy too.

thanx alot guys apreciate it i'll try all of this on the weekend. boyracer - thanx champ i bought it for 600 dollers so i couldnt say no. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

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got it started thanx alot for the help guys Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

wat was the problem mate

lol well ended up replacing the starter motor.. didnt do anything, soo anyways my mate tried to turn it over by hand.. and it wouldnt budge it was really tight so me and him were jus muckin around and we took the spark plugs out and then tried turning it over by hand haha wasnt so tight anymore and fuel came gushing out of plug number 6.. after all the fuel was out of there i put everythin bak in place started it and it worked fine, now i need injectors, fuel rail, and reg Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

thats weird.you should have cleaned your plugs and gapped them again mine was running ruff lucky to keep it idling i just cleaned the plugs and its sweet again

well my injectors are leaking. i'll need to buy some of them wich is gonna cost me around 150 - 200 for 6 so ye cheap fix