Starter Clicks

[DJ_Obscene]

I replaced my starter cause it died. But now the car wont start. The stater just clicks but it wont turn over. I already had the battery checked and it was fine. I checked the power cable that goes to the starter as well as the ground cable and they are both fine. I even tried jumping the starter directly by attaching a wire from the small clip of the starter to the battery and it still wouldn't start. What else can it be?????

 

[diablos991]

Be sure that there is no corrosion on the terminals of the battery or on any of the connections.

Also, peel back a little bit of the protective plastic on the wires that go to the starter to see if corrosion has "walked" down the wire.
I have seen a couple of cases where the ends of the wire were fine and once you peel back the plastic, it looks like they had been smuggling cocaine in there.

 

[luv2rallye]

Poor cable connections from the battery to the starter is the #1 cause of starter problems. I'm talking the big cables. The ends can get corroded, dirty, not tight, or partially broken (inside) where the cable meets the terminal. If there is even 0.1 ohm resistance in the path from battery to starter, it will drop so much voltage when you crank, that there won't be enough voltage left at the starter (needs to be more than 10 volts at the starter). Remove and clean both ends of these cables (and what they connect to) and battery posts with sandpaper and tighten securely. Do both the battery positive to the starter and battery negative to engine (connection to engine must also be clean/tight and must be to a starter case bolt - not to engine frame). Also try wiggling the cables to check for breaks.

After doing this if it still won’t crank, measure the voltage across the starter itself while cranking (+ lead on large postive starter terminal, - lead on starter casing or mounting bolt). If it's less than across the battery posts themselves (not terminals) while cranking, one of the cables is your problem and needs to be replaced. You can measure the voltage drop across each cable (from one end to the other) while cranking to find out which - should be close to zero. Or what’s easier is connect a battery jumper cable from battery negative post to engine block. If it now cranks your negative cable/connection is bad. If not, connect the battery jumper cable from battery positive post to starter positive post. If it now cranks your positive cable/connection is bad.

 

[DJ_Obscene]

thanks it turned out that the positive cable was a little corroded under the pastic covering. I replaced it and it started right up.