clicking and no start, with a twist

[Rahdigga8188]

I know there have been a few post on here about this same issue, but mine is a lil weirder. The car started fine when i left home and took my wife out for here first spin in it. she asked me why it didnt make a sound like other turbo cars did( meaning the blow off) so i told her i would let her hear it. So I tookk off the recirc tube and blocked it off, then got back in and pulled off. Well my foot slipped off the clutch and it jerked a lil then it stalled. when i tried to start it again all i got was the click So we push started it and drove it home. When i got here i searched and searched and studied my chiltons and tested everything i could think of. i can hear the relay clicking, i dissabled the clutch thing, i ran a wire to the solenoid and it cranked right over. well here is the weird part. when i play around with the wires down near the coolant filler neck i hear a weird clicking sound, and I remember hearing that if something around there is dissconnected it wont start. But if we push started it would it still not run I just wanna get through 1 whole day without anything going wrong on this car. if i wanted to check for continuity from the relay to the actual solenoid how would i accomplish this.

 

[luv2rallye]

What wires (# and color) were you playing with (how?) around the coolant filler neck?

Since you bumped the clutch pedal, check to make sure the clutch pedal switch wire is still disconnected and not touching anything (I assume this is what you meant by "dissabled the clutch thing").

Also consider: Note that if you have the theft alarm, it's relay if engaged, will disable the starter (makes starter relay activate - ie. click). The starter relay when activated DISABLES the starter. To start car the starter relay must NOT activate (the click people hear is the MPI relay). Of course if the starter relay is broken, that would prevent starting (since it's contacts must be closed) so CHECK THAT FIRST.

For continuity I assume you mean from the starter relay to the starter solenoid. Since the starter is near impossible to get at, I would remove the starter relay and measure from it's pin 3 (goes to black/red wire) to ground. You should get some low resistance as you are just measuring the starter solenoid coil. If no continuity then that is your problem. Note that there are 2 connectors (a 6 pin and a 4 pin) between starter relay and starter solenoid. Maybe then one came apart.