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Could be switch, could be starter solenoid, could be other stuff.
Posted by Aaron Gilbert [Email] (more from Aaron Gilbert) on Tue, 27 Feb 2001 15:14:49
In Reply to: Car won't start :(, mihai, Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:14:09
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Do you hear a click from the engine compartment when you turn the key to start? If so, it's quite likely that your starter solenoid is bad. I'm not sure if this is available separately from the whole starter - I had to replace my starter for another reason anyhow, in addition to the ignition switch.
If you turn the key and nothing at all happens, it's likely the switch.
However, if you turn the key and you get an extremely low voltage reading and then everything dies (or you get no edu at all), you may also have a ground problem. On my '87, I experienced a situation where I'd be sitting in the car, listening to the radio at low volume, then all of a sudden the EDU would start plummetting from normal around 12.5V to 11, 10, 9, until the battery was apparently dead. Or, I'd be driving, for whatever reason I would shut off the car, then when I would go to restart it, the car wold behave as if the battery were completely dead, which I knew couldn't be the case, as I'd just been driving for some time, and voltage readings all along were normal, plus no charge light.
The problem in that instance turned out to be a very badly frayed main battery ground wire. There was only about 1/3 of the wire still left connected, the rest was all corroded. This was the one that went to the bolt behind the battery, on the body. The ground to the engine block seemed ok, but I just replaced them both anyhow, with some heavier duty cable and waterproof gold plated thick rings on each end. Since then, very few problem!
Good luck!
Aaron Gilbert
1987 9000T 252k miles
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