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post Nov 26, 2009 - 6:15 PM
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Por2geezcelica

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Hey guys, need your help with this problem im having. Currently my car is starting when it wants. This is what is happening: I turn the key and all the lights on the dash will dim and the starter will click once or twice, but wont do anything after. Sometimes when i bring the key back the lights will stay dim as if theres not enough voltage coming from the battery, and other times when i bring the kay back the lights will light up normally. This happened yesterday. I changed out the battery today and it started up fine, then later on in the day it did the same thing with the new battery so it isnt the battery. I changed the starter a few months ago, but im thinking this may be a starter problem since i believe it was a refurbished starter. The only thing is that sometimes when i bring the key back and am not trying to start it, the lights will stay dim as if the battery is not delivering enough voltage. Could a bad starter cause the lights to dim when not trying to start it?

I have narrowed it down to either the starter, maybe a bad ground point, or maybe the battery cables or the connection to the battery cable terminals? Let me know what you guys think.
 
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post Nov 26, 2009 - 11:07 PM
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terminals are connected well, but i did notice some slight corrosion on the positive cable terminal (white powder on top of the terminal connector). I didnt look at it too well because it was getting dark but i will take a look at it tomorrow. If there is corrosion where it meets the terminal it could very well be the cable terminal. Im leaning towards this since i will have a loss of power from the battery for a few minutes, than all of a sudden full power again. This corrosion could be causing a bad connection and this intermittent power loss. Could have even corroded the end of the cable which could explain this also.

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- Por2geezcelica   Car starts when it wants to! Help!   Nov 26, 2009 - 6:15 PM
- - SwissFerdi   Alternator?   Nov 26, 2009 - 6:42 PM
- - Por2geezcelica   Yea thats also at the top of my list. Im gonna rem...   Nov 26, 2009 - 7:11 PM
- - 95CelicaST   If the starter is clicking and the motor isn't...   Nov 26, 2009 - 7:47 PM
- - Por2geezcelica   the weird thing is the fact that the starter motor...   Nov 26, 2009 - 8:09 PM
- - Por2geezcelica   Heres another thing that has been happening too th...   Nov 26, 2009 - 8:20 PM
- - AMCMoe   QUOTE (Por2geezcelica @ Nov 26, 2009 - 8...   Nov 26, 2009 - 9:21 PM
- - Por2geezcelica   True about the alternator not putting out any powe...   Nov 26, 2009 - 9:52 PM
- - lagos   QUOTE (Por2geezcelica @ Nov 26, 2009 - 8...   Nov 26, 2009 - 10:00 PM
- - Tech-Nics   I had the same problem with my car turned out the ...   Nov 26, 2009 - 10:01 PM
- - lagos   QUOTE (Por2geezcelica @ Nov 26, 2009 - 9...   Nov 26, 2009 - 10:05 PM
- - 95st-celica   im gonna go with terminals on this one...or your c...   Nov 26, 2009 - 10:45 PM
- - Por2geezcelica   terminals are connected well, but i did notice som...   Nov 26, 2009 - 11:07 PM
- - CastrolCelica   I was going to say, IT'S ALIIIIIIIVE... but ye...   Nov 26, 2009 - 11:43 PM
- - epocsirhc   Just make sure that it isn't any of the wires/...   Nov 27, 2009 - 9:13 PM
- - Por2geezcelica   Im gonna check the cables and terminals and see if...   Nov 27, 2009 - 11:15 PM
|- - GriffGirl   QUOTE (Por2geezcelica @ Nov 27, 2009 - 8...   Nov 28, 2009 - 1:51 PM
- - Davinci   You are dying from voltage drop. clean all groun...   Dec 17, 2009 - 2:49 AM


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