my car wont start. not the normal problems

[azn2nr]

ok so my car will not start. i have bad starter contacts and i know this but its not so bad that i cant get it started at least eventualy.

from what ive read i have a bad coolant temp sensor. this from the car turning over without starting unless i hold the gas.

today, well last night i parked outside for the first time in a long time and this morning the car wouldnt start. at first i thought bad starter contacts. but then it started to turn over verry slowly, about 4 seconds a turn. then faster and faster but never up to normal starter speeds. i heald it there until the speed sort of plateaued and let the key off. i could never get it to turn over again.

what is it this time

[vrg3]

Are the battery terminals securely tightened?

Flat battery?

[azn2nr]

terminals are secure. ive had that problem before and its deffinatly not that. flat battery is a maybe. this is the batterys second winter with me. and i dont know when the last time it was replaced as i bought the car used. yet then again. if it were to be a flat battery the starter wouldnt have speed up as it turned more adn more

[vrg3]

It could... another way to describe what's happening is that the starter motor is accelerating very slowly and not reaching its full speed.

[azn2nr]

thats actualy exactly how id describe it. and its not reaching full speed by a long shot. im gonna go grab a battery for giggles later

[vrg3]

Well first just try measuring the voltage on your battery.

Maybe a jump-start will help things for now.

[skid542]

My money is on the battery.

[azn2nr]

yup. i hooked it up to a 50 amp and it fired right up

[vrg3]

You should change the title of this thread.