BH5 hard to turn over

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Ok so i purchased a BH5 GTB 98 auto wagon for real cheap, reason being is the lady overheated it and now has a suspect head gasket problem, anyways towed it home, tried to jump it to see if it would turn over and it would click like a dead battery then turn over reallllll slow like it was jamming, so pulled plugs out and little water in one of the cylinders and sparks smelt like fuel, tried turning car over again and it was a little better still quite slow then went back to clicking, now i have removed the battery completely as it is completed dead, so could this be a problem with the starter motor or am i looking at a stuff engine (bent rods etc) thoughtS?

Thanks guys

[Guest]

Can you turn it over manually?

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Suck a 22 socket on the crank bolt and can turn it over that way it does feel a lil sticky on a turn but could be coz I'm smashing my fingers on the rad lol

[Guest]

Try the starter on a battery easy to pull off that will tell you how that is. Or a screwdriver across the terminals with a good battery. Dont want to start it hydrauliced.

[hijacka]

Sounds like your jumper leads arn't up to the task.. You really need to replace the battery with a good one, Theres to much voltage drop in long jumper leads(especially if the batterys dead flat).. a sure sign of this will be the leads heating up on crank.. they will create heat instead of conducting electricity leading to voltage drop

Edited July 8, 2014 by hijacka

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Sweet I'll pull starter off and check that out

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My jumpers do feel hot lol might chuck a new batt in from my ranger and see how that goes lol

[hijacka]

Good idea.. or shorting the lead does help with voltage drop

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Thanks guys everything seems fine with battery out of my ranger, so if there's water in the sparks ( only a little then ) then need new head gaskets

[hijacka]

Yes generally, The engine will pressurize the cooling system, How long has it been sitting? If water has been sitting for long periods in the bore then it will cause corrosion and lead to poor compression. You are best rebuilding the engine(ie new bearings)first step is disassemble the engine and diagnose, if its got a good crank then rebuild it

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Too hard for me lol! Would be cheaper and easier to dump a new engine in lol it's been garaged while it's been off road and think it's been off the road for about 2-4 months

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Got her started and went for a blat down the road lol

[hijacka]

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Got her started and went for a blat down the road lol

You mean you''boosted'' it down the road lol

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Yup lol, gonna remove thermostat test that out