HELP Car won't turn. Options

[CastrolCelica]

Ok, this is an unusual situation. I started my car yesterday to go to a friends house. It started fine, but after I started it I decided to take the Prius instead to save on gas. So the car started just fine.

I tried starting it today, and it won't turn. This isn't like what was happening before. It doesn't sound like a dead battery because it's actually really close to turning over. It doesn't seem like a timing belt because the engine is going a bit as well as the starter engine. I can only assume it's spark or fuel related. The problem is, if I can't turn on the car, I can't take it to a garage. To further complicate things, the car is in my garage which would make getting it out and onto a truck extremely hard because of our steep driveway and narrow turn at the end.

ANYwho, I guess I don't understand how it could start just fine last night... had NO driving to wear it down, and now this. Any help is immensely appreciated.

Btw, when I opened up the hood I smelled a VERY faint burnt toast type of smell. Could have been from trying to start the car 3 or 4 times though...

[jimmykay]

The pressure tester that i got had bolts that had a zerk fitting on one end and threaded with a hole drilled through the side of it on the other end. the pressure tester plugs into the zerk fitting side. I am assuming that the fuel pressure tester that you get will be similar.

if you get the tester, all you need to do is remove the air intake . my air box has been replaced with a short ram, making this really easy. on the inside fender wall, there's a black canister with a line coming in and one going out, you can trace the top line to your fuel rail to make sure that you've got the filter. then take the bolt off of the top of the filter I think it's around a 15-17mm socket. be careful though there are a couple of metal seals in there that can easily be dropped and lost.

match up the bolt that you removed with one of the bolts in the pressure tester box, and hook that bolt into the line. hooking it back up like normal otherwise. attach the gauge, make sure everything is tight.

I couldn't figure out the part about jumpering fuses and all of that, so I just turned my key to on and pushed the pressure release on the gauge to get the air out of the system. I turned on the key again after a few minutes to get my reading. also, check for leaks. I then started the car with this attached and got another reading. they were practically identical. about 46psi. spec is 38-44psi IIRC

I hope this helps.

This post has been edited by jimmykay: Feb 1, 2010 - 12:50 PM