Urgent - Can I use a trickle charger without access to the negative post?

[Rezist]

It's too late to be useful now but plugging in would have probably saved you if it was possible. We've been having a nice -40C cold snap and my 2012 work truck almost didn't start.

Also if you can run the car for like 30 mins every couple of hours can really save you as well.

 

[Scouzer]

It's too late to be useful now but plugging in would have probably saved you if it was possible. We've been having a nice -40C cold snap and my 2012 work truck almost didn't start.

Also if you can run the car for like 30 mins every couple of hours can really save you as well.

Oh absolutely--but my wife has no access to plugins at work.

We will definitely start it every 2 hours after this debacle..

 

[pcgeek11]

Perhaps it's flooded? Try the flooded start procedure, which is usually to hold the gas pedal to the floor when cranking.

I see in the manual, you should also press the brake pedal at the same time.

That only applies to engines with a Carburetor.

 

[pcgeek11]

It's Christmas. The dealer said it'll be two weeks before they can even look at it... so I'd rather do it myself if I could.

I will have a look at the fuses.

Then they should provide you with a loaner.

 

[Sukhoi]

Your vehicle has a warranty. Use it.

 

[phucheneh]

That only applies to engines with a Carburetor.

No. Cranking with your foot on the floor, i.e. TPS voltage at the WOT threshold, generally causes an EFI car to go into 'clear flood' mode . I don't know if it's 100% universal to OBD2 cars, but the vast majority will cut injector pulse completely. The few that don't still heavily reduce fueling. If it manages to try to start in this mode, normal fueling should kick back in at IIRC 600rpm.

 

[LTC8K6]

That only applies to engines with a Carburetor.

No, it is pretty much universally duplicated with fuel injection.

Besides that, it's clear in my post that I read it in the 2014 Escape owner's manual...

It is not specifically called the flooded start procedure, but the failed start procedure.

Here is a quote from my owner's manual, 2008 Jeep with the 5.7L Hemi, which I assure you is fuel injected:

If the engine fails to start after you have followed the
“Normal Starting” or “Extreme Cold Weather” procedures,
it may be flooded. To clear any excess fuel, push
the accelerator pedal all the way to the floor and hold it.
Then, turn the ignition switch to the START position and
release it as soon as the starter engages.

 

[disappoint]

No. Cranking with your foot on the floor, i.e. TPS voltage at the WOT threshold, generally causes an EFI car to go into 'clear flood' mode . I don't know if it's 100% universal to OBD2 cars, but the vast majority will cut injector pulse completely. The few that don't still heavily reduce fueling. If it manages to try to start in this mode, normal fueling should kick back in at IIRC 600rpm.

Why would a fuel injected engine be flooded? Bad fuel injectors? Stuck open valves?

 

[LTC8K6]

Presumably there are conditions where the injectors are firing during cranking, but the engine does not start, resulting in too much fuel in the cylinders.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

little shot of ether in the intake. If it fires then stalls you have a fuel problem. No start = spark problem.