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***My Poor JCW Won't Start. (Help)***

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Old 07-21-2015, 09:40 PM
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***My Poor JCW Won't Start. (Help)***

At the beginning of the year, my 2009 JCW began having issues with the throwout bearing.
Because it was winter, I decided to let it sit out for the winter. During the winter, I fired it a few times no problem except for the last time, where it was having a little trouble and I needed to hit the gas a little to get it started.
After the winter passed, I tried to start it and it would not start. I jumped the car with the a jump box, had the battery charged and even bought a new battery thinking that was the problem, still no luck.

I was leaving town so it sat out even longer. Now it has been almost 6 months since the car has fired up. The car cranks but will not start or turn over. I wanted to get it up and running before bringing it in to get the clutch replaced.
Any suggestions or ideas will be greatly appreciated!

Here a video of it if it helps.
 
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Old 07-25-2015, 08:38 PM
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Pull the plugs and see if they are sitting in gas. You may have flooded the car at some point and need to correct that. There is a procedure for clearing the flood but I don't recall the steps. Involves cranking with no pedal for a certain amount of time and maybe pull the fuse to the fuel pump or something like that. Do some searching and you should find the steps.

The gas you have may have gone stale as well.

Good luck
 
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