well.. looks like I might need some help. (850 M70 auto)
My car has been sitting outside my house for about a month because of my diff issues.
Got the new diff in yesterday, but because I had my door open a few hours the batteries were drained when it was time for a test drive.
It would not even start with jumper cables.
It turns over, but it just wont ignite, I smell fuel from the exhaust and it sounds like it want's to start, but just cant get the right mix.
I left the car charging over night and was just outside to try and start it.
It did not start.
Well.. after I floored the accelerator it ran on 6 cylinders for a while.
however I had no RPM reading, fuel gauge was working though.
Once I stopped it it wouldn't start again, but I guess the batteries lost a lot of charge during my attempts.
Thinking about a "reset" by disconnecting the batteries for a few hours while they charge and give it another try in the afternoon.
could it have got some sort of hick-up when I tried to start it on drained batteries?
Are there any fuses that could possibly cause something like this?