Starter? (Searched)

[NICONick]

OK, so out of nowhere one time I get home but turn off my car to grab my sisters keys to move her car into the street so I can put mine in the driveway, and I get back outside to move my car turn and nothing...turn on-off-on-off a few times and it slooowwwlly turns over.

Didn't have a prob at all until yesterday, when I was at the grocery store and get back out to the parking lot and turned the key a bunch of times and nothing happened. Kept trying and nothing...luckily I had two of my firends with me to pop start it. The only thing out of the ordinary is that the car lately would be turning over a lil slower than usual, but thought it was the cold.

Is my starter bad?

[srpowered240sx]

sounds like it. you may want to have your battery tested first, its free to test. a lot of shops will bench test the starter for free as well. but its easy as hell to test yourself, just pull it off, hit it with power and ground to the a mounting ear and watch the starter spin. you'll know right there.

[NICONick]

The battery I think is fine, I have power to all electronics. I hear a little click when I turn the key, and once it's pop-started it's fine... does that necessarily mean anything?

I have a S14 starter, but of course it snowed last night and now I can't replace the starter cause I can't move my car and I don't have a garage....

[srpowered240sx]

The battery I think is fine, I have power to all electronics. I hear a little click when I turn the key, and once it's pop-started it's fine... does that necessarily mean anything?

I have a S14 starter, but of course it snowed last night and now I can't replace the starter cause I can't move my car and I don't have a garage....

s14 starter would be the same thing. you can pop start with a low charge on your battery, because once it turns over (with compression from the push start), the electricity comes from your alternator. but if you feel that confident with your battery, just toss in the s14 starter.

[NICONick]

Yeah gonna have to do that, but of course it had to snow last night, hopefully it melts by the end of the weekend...just wanted to make sure most signs point to the starter before I replaced it in the freezing temps

[wackawacka]

Why not just try another battery first. Alot easier to swap in and out than a starter... Borrow someones.

Its winter. Its freezing cold. Is your battery New?

You can have power to electornics and not be able to crank because those lights take virtually no power compared to an electric motor trying to turn over a cold motor.

I would put money on the battery.

[NICONick]

Why not just try another battery first. Alot easier to swap in and out than a starter... Borrow someones.

Its winter. Its freezing cold. Is your battery New?

You can have power to electornics and not be able to crank because those lights take virtually no power compared to an electric motor trying to turn over a cold motor.

I would put money on the battery.

Even with the problem I explained in the first post, with it not starting once, and then no prob for nearly a month and then experiencing the same thing yesterday ? Battery?

[wackawacka]

How long did it sit in between the last time you drove it and when you tried unsucessfully to start it.

[Felipe]

welcome to the wonderful world of clicking!

zerothread/285656

[NICONick]

How long did it sit in between the last time you drove it and when you tried unsucessfully to start it.

Driven daily....

[lofapoo]

For your sake, I hope it's not the starter. I was 16 when I had to change mine, so my memory is foggy, but all I remember is breaking the top bolt loose was a pain in the friggin' arse.

Sounds like the starter to me For kick's, go have your battery tested, or have someone jump you.

[NICONick]

welcome to the wonderful world of clicking!

zerothread/285656

What kind of clicking are you referring to ? fast clicking or turn key-click turn key-click, or turn key click click click click... ?

[NICONick]

OK, now im confused, so it snowed last night, so I went to go clean the snow off my car, and thought I'd try to start the car for ****s and giggles, and it started right up....what does this mean? Turned over a little slow but turned over, nonetheless, one the first turn of the key....odd What now?

[numbnuts240]

i had the same problem with my old hatch, definitely sounds like your starter is on its last leg. it's going to suck changing it out on the ground though, i was lucky enough to be able to do mine with a lift.

[Felipe]

What kind of clicking are you referring to ? fast clicking or turn key-click turn key-click, or turn key click click click click... ?

every time you turn the key to start it....

turn foward once.... one click

do it again... click

3rd time... click....

when it starts no one knows.... lol

good louck bro... im on my 3rd stater, new cables, new battery, new battery conect. ect. and still clicking.

[NICONick]

every time you turn the key to start it....

turn foward once.... one click

do it again... click

3rd time... click....

when it starts no one knows.... lol

good louck bro... im on my 3rd stater, new cables, new battery, new battery conect. ect. and still clicking.

Ok well I'm hoping its just the starter. Me thinks its a few bad spots on the starter... We'll see ...
Modified by NICONick at 5:51 PM 2/22/2008

[hungryjoseph]

Get your battery tested first, easy and cheap things before hard and more costly things, general rule when you're working on cars.

[NICONick]

Get your battery tested first, easy and cheap things before hard and more costly things, general rule when you're working on cars.

Well I already have a S14 starter laying around but I dont wanna take it to get it tested cause I may not make it back ....

[NICONick]

Ok, so let it sit overnight and was curious if it would start again and it fired up fine. Turned it off then started it again and fired right up again...

So confused!!! help?

[s14_240sx]

You mean to say you don't have a single battery ANYWHERE that you can test? So basically you have the only car for miles around? get a freinds battery and try it when the car won't start. if it fires up then its the battery. if you can't do that try to jump start it with a good sameritans (sp?) battery when its not starting up.

[NICONick]

I could try the battery thing but its intermittent so I wouldn't be able to know for sure, but if it starts and I go to get it tested will it show up that theres something wrong with it ? Can I go to autozone and have them test it ?

How could it be the battery if it doesnt start one time and does the other, even after sitting overnight? Not trying to say its not the battery just curious...

[NICONick]

OK, so threw in the good starter tonight, and as I was installing it I saw something that perplexed me, in that the plug that is on the starter was not on there, but it was on the new starter, wonder how that plug got removed, it was just like a wire connector. So luckily my buddy had a hacked up harness laying around and we hooked up a plug to it and plugged it in. Threw in the starter in about 35min, didnt think that was too bad for my first time.

She started right up, and seemed like everything is OK. I guess only time will tell...

[wackawacka]

Hells yeah NICO NICK

[NICONick]

One more tid-bit question...the car with the new starter still turns over rather slowly, and I'm wondering why it might be doing this? Ignition coil?

[wiggafly808]

Something fast and free to do:Make sure your battery terminals are corrosion free and snug.Follow the ground from the negative of your battery to where it grounds on the body, and sand/tighten there.

I used to have problems starting a few times a week (wouldnt start, then id leave it for 20 min, then it would start fine), but i did that and started fine every time.