another "won't start" thread
 

hasn't been driven in a week or so, and i went out this morning to fire it up and it'll barely turn over.

all the lights work, the cd player works, etc... but when i try to get it to turn over its acting like its killing the battery and all i hear is CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK when i turn the key after the engines whirrrrs itself to a stop.

battery?

thats what it sounds like check the battery connections to make sure they are tight and try again i believe its the battery though

yeah but i was thinking if the battery connections weren't tight, it wouldn't turn over at all.

i don't think its flooded. i've done that several times and its never done this.

the battery acted like it didn't have enough juice to turn the motor over from the start, but everything else works fine.

have you tried jump starting it just for some extra juice??

i'm gonna try that later unless someone else suggests something.

gotta push the damn thing out of the garage and get it positioned to where another car can get to it first.

when was the last time the coils were changed?
although try jump starting it first i believe its he battery but i could be wrong

i haven't changed them since i've had it, and that engine only has 20k on it.

last time i drove it everything went smoothly. i'm thinking maybe i just let it sit there for too long.

this car doesn't like to sit and when yu do get it too start try redlining it. from what i understand rx8 cant be babied at least twice a week hit redline then just drive normally but a sitting rx8 it never good

Yup.

happy ending.

i found my diehard battery eliminator and it cranked right up after i hooked that up. positive terminal was corroded to hell. it wasn't even visible anymore.