4 Cranks Battery Drained No Start

[Freax420]

My father owns a Junkyard and a 95 civic coupe was drove in and i decided i want to fix it up, it sat all winter in the junkyard before he finally brought it up for me to work on I am a Newbie to the actually having to pull and replace Correctly since i have been working at a scrapyard.

but anyways:

I hooked up a battery and turned the key and it will Crank 3 or 4 times then the battery is drained, I have used 3 different Batterys to try and figure this out but note that all 3 batterys were used and froma junkyard, didnt know if a new one would be the better choice at this point. Also was wondering if it could be the starter I havent Learned the Proper Knowlege to diagnose this yet but was looking for assistance. any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks

 

[RonJ]

Buy a new battery or charge the ones you have.

 

[lethal6]

If the battery is good you can crank until the starter wires melt before it dies. A lot more than 3-4 cranks. Ask me how I know.

+1000000 to Ron. Either get a new battery and not some junk yard hand me down or charge one completely before trying again.

 

[Freax420]

i checked the battery with a volt meter and it reads good so i tried again yesterday and got 1 crank then dead, im wondering if i have a short somewhere, something is drawing excessive power i just dont know what

 

[RonJ]

Apparently, you are not a good listener.

 

[Freax420]

Apparently, you are not a good listener.

I did go buy a new battery

 

[lethal6]

You aren't being very clear. Is it one crank and nothing with a NEW battery? If so, then you have a ground problem somewhere or the starter is toast. I guarantee you that a brand new battery isn't cranking once and then fully discharging. Not on a little civic.

Also testing a battery with a volt meter just sitting does nothing to determine weather the battery is good or not. It NEEDS to be load tested. You can have a battery show decent voltage just sitting but has a bad cell and drops to 6 or less when load tested.

 

[Freax420]

Alright I got it jumpstarted and during cranking i have a Heavy Vibration and Knocking and I have very good sized metal shavings in the oil. i believe something is grinding so depending on what is going on i may want to motor swapp

 

[lethal6]

Engines toast dude. Time to think about rebuilding or finding a swap.

 

[TokyoSkies]

Engines toast dude. Time to think about rebuilding or finding a swap.

Bingo. Or spray paint dicks all over it, try to get it to run for a few minutes, and burn out with it until she blows.

 

[Freax420]

the motor that is in it is a d15b7 without having to do complete swap what motors should i be looking for another 1.5 non Vtec and or 1.6 non Vtec ??

 

[hmoobvwj]

d16z6 or d16a6 if you want to stick to sohc

 

[Freax420]

d16z6 or d16a6 if you want to stick to sohc

now with just those 2 motors i dont have to ecm swap?
its also a automatic if that changes anything