Bump starting

[CleanNeon98]

Ive read about this on wikipedia and other sites, but I am confused as to how its done. The idea is if you have a dead battery someone can give you a push as you are in 1st with the clutch to the floor, and then you release the clutch and it starts the car??? Has anyone done this? Does it work? Just wondering because it might come in useful one day and I dont want to be left in the parking lot if noone has jumpers

[dickerdieter]

1. just get a set of jumpers

2. because you have forward momemtum, when you drop the clutch it will getthe engine moving and therefore the alternator, which will provide your engine with electricity, allowing your car to start and if you leave it running your battery will charge. this is assuming that your alternator is good. someone correct me if im wrong but Im pretty sure that this is how it works

[cxrock16]

yeah its called compression starting.. youve never heard of it?

[DropTopChevy]

The hard part is getting the car up to like 15mph if there is no incline around. But it works. I did it a few times with the camaro when i was having trouble with the starter.

[CleanNeon98]

wow thats decent..wiki says anywhere between 5 and 10 miles per hour is good...is it a clutch engagement or a dump you have to do...il have to try this out

[DropTopChevy]

wow thats decent..wiki says anywhere between 5 and 10 miles per hour is good...is it a clutch engagement or a dump you have to do...il have to try this out

You dump the clutch like you have never dumped it before. I usually did it in reverse cause i was rolling backwards out of a driveway. :lol:

[Loserkidwac]

LOL I had to do this in my CRX all the time because it just sat for long periods of time...yea I use second gear and just get a good roll going on and you will be able to start it...The battery is only really used for starting the car, spinning the starter and all so pretty much you are using the cars momentum to turn the engine over...I wouldn't make a habit of it but it does help when you are in a bind!!

[1988 Olds]

LOL I can remember pushing my friend's 1988 something F-150 up a big hill to get his truck to start. Thank god it was a manual.

[Broken5hift]

second gear drop FTW

[S4toSTI]

This is not a new thing haha.

[teh DIRT]

5mph is fine I think. I remember pushing 96Stang's old 5.0 mustang in a 7-11 parking lot. I pushed him towards the street and was like "if this doesnt work, make sure you stop before you get to the street" haha

[Broken5hift]

5mph is fine I think. I remember pushing 96Stang's old 5.0 mustang in a 7-11 parking lot. I pushed him towards the street and was like "if this doesnt work, make sure you stop before you get to the street" haha

HAHAHAHAHAHHA

[CleanNeon98]

well now i know...im gona try it out somewhere to see if it really works and how. its not a new thing, but its new to me

[markley02]

I cannot count the amount of times I did it to my M3

[uurxin]

it works much better if you are in 3rd gear.. i have used it all the time.. dead batt in philly... get some guys to puch me and wala .. im going again.. though if you have a jumper.. use it

[Dave]

the ratios are more favorable if you try it in reverse. a good hard shove will start 'er

[CleanNeon98]

is this bad for the car? compared to a jumpstart

[markley02]

I have never heard of anything directly breaking due to this, but it does put more stress on the car than "average" driving or jumpstarting

[Dave]

wears the clutch and motor mounts. otherwise no

[turbo4g63]

i did it once, but not on purpose....i blew an IC pipe and i was almost back to my friends house, car stalled and i was already going down the hill, so i just dropped it in 2nd gear and let the clutch out, the car fired up and i got it home

[05Accent]

seen it done to a CRX in west chester, dont know why he had to do it.

[Honduh]

i can't believe this is new to you lol.

ive done in numerous times. i've also found that reverse works very well.

[redline]

The old Pop start! Try a Harley with a dead battery. Go up and down a hill like 3 times before you say F it and go buy a new battery!

[sleepersatty99]

ok so if you use the cars momentum to start the car then why does it have to be manual and not an auto?

[whitezenki]

i did it once, but not on purpose....i blew an IC pipe and i was almost back to my friends house, car stalled and i was already going down the hill, so i just dropped it in 2nd gear and let the clutch out, the car fired up and i got it home

I did it for the same reason in my brothers talon a few times, and used to do it with quads back back in the day... but i wouldnt just try it to see if its true, i mean all our posts proved that

[dickerdieter]

because u cant drop it into gear like you can with manual

[poolmike]

I guess you would need alotof momentum on a newer car, to get enough power from the alternator for spark,fuel pump, more spark, etc. Old cars are easy. Tiny pushed the Mini for me when the battery died at Jim's Steaks. 5mph did the job.

[TurboTagTeam]

I probably pop started my RX-7 more times than I started it with turning the key. Pop starting it the only way to start a flooded rotary.

It's not bad for your car and it's been around forever.

[wonner]

I've done it in my RX-7 and CRX several times...by myself. Luckily both are light cars.

[redline]

See the rotary guys have to pop-start their cars all the time:thumbup:

[EvlEgl]

Make sure you push the clutch BACK in when you dump it or your stall out again.

[htheduck]

Don't forget to turn the key to the "on" position, or else nothing is going to happen.

[CleanNeon98]

yea..i asked my grandpa about this yesterday. he said in ukraine, they had a rod that they inserted into the grill and hooked to the motor and you had to manually turn it to start the car as an alternative to bump starting.

[Evo8kid]

i say dont do it if you dont have to. its pointless, if no other choice, do it

[BradC]

yea..i asked my grandpa about this yesterday. he said in ukraine, they had a rod that they inserted into the grill and hooked to the motor and you had to manually turn it to start the car as an alternative to bump starting.

In Soviet Russia, car start you! :mrgreen:

[Honduh]

yea..i asked my grandpa about this yesterday. he said in ukraine, they had a rod that they inserted into the grill and hooked to the motor and you had to manually turn it to start the car as an alternative to bump starting.

is your grandfather like 110 years old? Seriously.

[Nors]

is your grandfather like 110 years old? Seriously.

Haha, I thought the same thing..

[GottalovetheWagon]

you dont have to be super old to speak your backrounds language , my friend she spoke Ukraine with her mom and dad who were taught and spoke it in the house there whole lives, and my grandmom spoke italian whenever she was pissed when i was younger and she was 60ish then

[MPowerKai]

I did it once on my S2000. Now I carry one of those portable charging units.

[BradC]

you dont have to be super old to speak your backrounds language , my friend she spoke Ukraine with her mom and dad who were taught and spoke it in the house there whole lives, and my grandmom spoke italian whenever she was pissed when i was younger and she was 60ish then

Noone is talking about him being old for speaking his native tounge. People said that because he remembers having a rod to start his car. Think of old, real sped up, black and white movies where some dude cranks his model T to life...lol

[GottalovetheWagon]

haha yeah i see that point, oo well back on topic, this procedure is a last resort to not being able to just the car but like said a million times is useful