Jump(push) starting 2.3l MT

[kodiakisland]

Get a booster
/jump box

Or even better a fully charged battery.
But, can it be done?

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[swami37]

Or even better a fully charged battery.
But, can it be done?

guess you need to do a test run to be safe. Mine is an automatic so I can’t Try

 

[AK SNO RIDER]

You're asking an awful lot to expect a modern car to run with no battery.

 

[kodiakisland]

You're asking an awful lot to expect a modern car to run with no battery.

Yeah, I know, but one of the benefits of a manual has been able to start with a dead battery. Kinda nice in a vehicle off the beaten path.

 

[Oldhippie]

In my mustang ya got to have the clutch disengaged (not brake) to start...don’t know if the ignition stays on without engine tuning over? Sure can’t get the engine turning with the clutch in...

 

[redone17]

Good question.

 

[BudgetBronco]

In my mustang ya got to have the clutch disengaged (not brake) to start...don’t know if the ignition stays on without engine tuning over? Sure can’t get the engine turning with the clutch in...

Bronco is the same. If you hit start button on 7MT without clutch pedal depressed, you get a message on the screen saying depress clutch to start.

I can't see how push starting a Bronco could work, but this is an interesting thread and the push start has saved me in the past! (probably 30 years ago last time I did it )

 

[BL-CT]

I tried roll starting my MT Badlands last fall and could not get it to work. It threw all sorts of errors (which reset once the ignition was off). What I tried was rolling down a hill with ignition ON then letting the clutch out once it was fast enough.
Parking brake was not an issue but engine didn’t start no matter what I tried. Battery was full. I was just testing to see what if (i.e bad starter motor).
This is the first modern MT car I own and I’m wondering if all modern MT cars are like this.

 

[harpo]

What? One of the main reasons to get a manual is the push start.

There has to be a way...

 

[BL-CT]

What? One of the main reasons to get a manual is the push start.

There has to be a way...

I agree. It would be nice. But it looks like it will require tempering of some sort.

 

[harpo]

It never occurred to me that you wouldn't be able to push start a manual.

I've push started cars hundreds of times ( yes I was poor and couldn't afford a new battery ).

Now I'm going to have to check if my current manual can be push started.

 

[BL-CT]

It never occurred to me that you wouldn't be able to push start a manual.

I've push started cars hundreds of times ( yes I was poor and couldn't afford a new battery ).

Now I'm going to have to check if my current manual can be push started.

let me know.

 

[harpo]

let me know.

My 2016 manual will push start.

But there are 2 levels of ignition on, the first spot turns on lights radio etc, but it won't start. The second spot turns on all the engine controls. Ie all the engine lights light up.

Does the bronco have multiple ignition levels? It's easy with a key, 1/4 turn for radio, another 1/4 turn for motor control, another 1/4 turn to fire the starter.

Not sure how that translates to push button start systems.

 

[mcinfantry]

You generally need enough voltage for the pcm and injectors

I don’t think it would work

 

[BL-CT]

My 2016 manual will push start.

But there are 2 levels of ignition on, the first spot turns on lights radio etc, but it won't start. The second spot turns on all the engine controls. Ie all the engine lights light up.

Does the bronco have multiple ignition levels? It's easy with a key, 1/4 turn for radio, another 1/4 turn for motor control, another 1/4 turn to fire the starter.

Not sure how that translates to push button start systems.

The Bronco start button has two stages.
first push- dashboard comes to life
second push + clutch- engine starts.

The issue with the Bronco might be the „clutch depressed“ requirement.
Once you are at speed and let go of the clutch the engine is mechanically engaged by the transmission, but it doesn’t start combustion because the ignition is not really on. The missing clutch signal and maybe other conditions we don’t know of are preventing it from coming on. I will try jumping out my „clutch depressed“ switch and test it again. But it will be a couple of weeks until I‘ll have time for it.
I‘ll let you know.

Does your 2016 require that the clutch be depressed on a standstill start?
If so I wouldn’t expect it to roll start either. But it did.

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