Chicken Patty
15+ Year Contributor
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- Jun 26, 2007
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Miami,
Florida
Hello everyone,
I'm now facing a problem that I suppose is my starter but before I go buy a new one I want to get opinions from you guys. here it goes:
You turn the key to start the car and the starter does nothing, no tick, no nothing. The car has power, radio/lights, everything. Turbo timer reads about 12.3v and 11.7v when you actually turn the key to crank, just that it doesn't crank, nothing happens.
I had this issue about two years ago and figured maybe the wiring was lose. I had wiggled around the wiring on the starter and it didn't happen again till a few days ago. It happens just randomly, I already made sure both cables were on right and it didn't seem to help. I just left from grabbing a bite somewhere and the car didn't want to crank. I let it sit there for a few minutes, tried to crank it again and it cranked fine.
What I had been noticing for the past few days before this started to happen is that when I crank the car the voltage on my turbo timer dips to under 10.5v and the car turns over really weak but cranks, then this started happening, car still cranks weak when it does crank though. Any Suggestions?
Battery and Alternator tested fine according to my local Advanced Auto Parts Store, turbo timer reads about 13.4-13.6v while the car is on.
I'm now facing a problem that I suppose is my starter but before I go buy a new one I want to get opinions from you guys. here it goes:
You turn the key to start the car and the starter does nothing, no tick, no nothing. The car has power, radio/lights, everything. Turbo timer reads about 12.3v and 11.7v when you actually turn the key to crank, just that it doesn't crank, nothing happens.
I had this issue about two years ago and figured maybe the wiring was lose. I had wiggled around the wiring on the starter and it didn't happen again till a few days ago. It happens just randomly, I already made sure both cables were on right and it didn't seem to help. I just left from grabbing a bite somewhere and the car didn't want to crank. I let it sit there for a few minutes, tried to crank it again and it cranked fine.
What I had been noticing for the past few days before this started to happen is that when I crank the car the voltage on my turbo timer dips to under 10.5v and the car turns over really weak but cranks, then this started happening, car still cranks weak when it does crank though. Any Suggestions?
Battery and Alternator tested fine according to my local Advanced Auto Parts Store, turbo timer reads about 13.4-13.6v while the car is on.