bah car wont start, stuck at work

[Guest]

318is, wont start - seems like a full charge in the battery, no click from starter, no noise from fuel pump - i can hear a dull click when i turn the key (full set of lights on the dash) - (interior lights dont dim when turning the key) - drove the car to work with no problems, went to start it tonite and nothing - its dead,

any ideas ?

sick now - just about the final straw with me and e30s

[Steviec]

Is it raining where you are? Sounds like waters got somewhere it shouldnt.

[Guest]

nope, no rain - been pretty dry all day - the car doesnt even turn over

[beavis2k4]

there was a cable on the front of my starter motor that kept coming loose if i parked the car nose forward down a hill, possibly a loose cable on starter? If not give it a whack with something, that usually solved no starts with my 320 .
Other than that, i dunno????

[redrobbie]

do the dashboard lights (battery,oil) dim as you turn the key to start? My fuel pump and starter didn't work when my battery was dead. I think it's your battery, could be a drain somewhere.

[koos]

Put a test light on the starter feed wire from the ignition switch and get someone to turn the key, this checks if it is gettting a signal from the ignition switch. If it lights up then its the starter, if not, then then it could be the ignition switch or the wire from it.
Mitch

HTH

[tylerma]

sounds like the prob i had on mine
take a 20p coin and bridge the bottom and middle terminal on the back of the starter enough to make it kick
then try starting it

and dont worry you wont get a shock

[koos]

BUT the 20p will be history..........

[Hyperion]

this post might be a little late....
but get some one to jump start you, if it switches on , then it could be that a few cells in the battery are dead. I had the same issue, got my battery tested and 2 cells were completely fried. put in a new one and everything was back to normal.

[tylerma]

BUT the 20p will be history..........

nah mate it will be fine
done it a few times on mine

[koos]

Fried some of my spanners before by arcing them over truck batteries, 24v though, big sparks

[Guest]

at home finally, thanks for the replies, -
started with a push start - the battery is fine - must be the starter....
it didnt start when i got it home, straight from hot

ill have to crawl about underneath first thing, couldnt be a relay or something instead ?

good job the drives on a slope for starting it tommorrow ...

[tylerma]

at home finally, thanks for the replies, -
started with a push start - the battery is fine - must be the starter....
it didnt start when i got it home, straight from hot

ill have to crawl about underneath first thing, couldnt be a relay or something instead ?

good job the drives on a slope for starting it tommorrow ...

nice one mate
you should deffo try what i said if it happens again
on mine it seems like the solenoid is breaking down with heat
or it may be a flat spot on your starter

[Guest]

yeah ill do that in the morning, - heh dont you just hate it when they break down at the worst times! damn cars! but dont we love them so

[tylerma]

yeah ill do that in the morning, - heh dont you just hate it when they break down at the worst times! damn cars! but dont we love them so

[Hyperion]

nice one mate, gald you made it home ok.

[jonbuoy]

Starter motor, not throwing in.

[Guest]

damn car, looks like ill have to take a day off work,
just tried to remove the starter, tried all tricks to make it work but nothing,
how do these Farking things come off ? - looks like i have to take all the inlet side off to get to ONE BA%&*^Ԛ£*&$d bolt ?

[Guest]

starter motors all in, started straight off the key (well it didnt work first time till i realised i hadnt connected the earth on the battery..........)
and it is a lot easier to do if you remove the inlet manifold etc - took about an hour all in and cost 66 quid for the motor - starts real nice now!

[redrobbie]

Rock and Roll .