Intermittent starting issue?
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Drifting
Joined: Jan 2012
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From: Portland OR
Intermittent starting issue?
The other day when I got in my car, when I turned the key, it just clicked. Like a dead or low battery. I tried again and it fired right up. When I got home, the battery was a little low, so I took it to NAPA (battery is 2 years old). Battery tested fine.
I made sure it had good connections and it was fine. But then yesterday when I went to start it, it didn't just click, everything went dead (even my phone charger LED was off in the cig lighter). So I just took the truck, but when I went to grab my phone charger, I noticed it was back on (maybe a minute or two passed). So almost like a breaker tripped?
So before I tear into it, any ideas? I thought it might be a loose starter connection, but after everything went black, I am thinking it might be more than that.
01 Base coupe manual trans with OE charging system with a whole mess of miles.
Thanks for any help you might have.
I made sure it had good connections and it was fine. But then yesterday when I went to start it, it didn't just click, everything went dead (even my phone charger LED was off in the cig lighter). So I just took the truck, but when I went to grab my phone charger, I noticed it was back on (maybe a minute or two passed). So almost like a breaker tripped?
So before I tear into it, any ideas? I thought it might be a loose starter connection, but after everything went black, I am thinking it might be more than that.
01 Base coupe manual trans with OE charging system with a whole mess of miles.
Thanks for any help you might have.
Thread Starter
Drifting
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 1,883
Likes: 76
From: Portland OR
I had done a ground check last year when I was having blinker issues (hyper flash relay fix took care of that) but I will check again. I will redo the battery connections, just to make sure but I put dielectric grease on them when I put it back in after testing, so it should be ok.
Racer
Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Woodbridge Virginia
I had the exact same issue a few years ago and it was the grounds under the hood. Check Bill Curlee's electrical sticky at the top of the tech page. He explains it in detail. Took me about an hour to do both of the grounds under the hood up by the headlights. About 50 minutes of that was making sure I pried the ground apart correctly with out destroying the clip.
