it wont start!

[mikebrfc]

need your help please people, i have a 1994 3.0ltr auto, since i bought it i had trouble starting it one day it would be fine then the next it wouldn't start or ages, all it would would do would make a loud clicking noise, i then took it off the road and now it still does the same but when it eventually turns over the alarm goes off! help please getting desperate need to sell it

[MUD MUNCHER]

sounds like the starter motor to me try giving it a tap with something this might help or try cleaning the contacts on it have you check the batteries have a good connection on them as well i hope this is of some help to you

[mikebrfc]

someone else said that to me about the starter motor but the last time i tried to start it i banged it loads and still didnt work, i am a bit worried that it could be the immobiliser shuting it off! hope not! i will try what you said cheers

[phoebelala]

someone else said that to me about the starter motor but the last time i tried to start it i banged it loads and still didnt work, i am a bit worried that it could be the immobiliser shuting it off! hope not! i will try what you said cheers

If it turns over it aint the starter. If it clicks and does not turn over it is the starter contacts.

Its not likley the immob unless its been fitted by a muppet.

At least your 3 litre engine has a fairley easy starter to work on. The 2.4 is a nightmare.

Good luck.

[coolsv650]

Aye! they do do that!

The parts are available at roughtrax to fix, cost is about £40, your lucky being in bristol you could pop roung and pick the bits up!

[Esamed]

Def the starter motor and as a 2.4 owner who has done the change(not had one) you can sleep a bit easier.

Steve

[paulh]

need your help please people, i have a 1994 3.0ltr auto, since i bought it i had trouble starting it one day it would be fine then the next it wouldn't start or ages, all it would would do would make a loud clicking noise, i then took it off the road and now it still does the same but when it eventually turns over the alarm goes off! help please getting desperate need to sell it

Sounds to me like a bad connection on the battery or batteries, when you try to start it the bad connection breaks down causing the alarm to go off just the same as when you disconnect the supply and then reconnect.
Try having the headlights on at the same time and see if they go out completely when you try to start, if they stay on I'm wrong.

[mickeyboy]

I had the same trouble not too long ago, my mate re-conned the starter and guess what? No probs since!!! So I say starter trouble.

[Gizmo]

User the search feature for Starter...quite a few vehicles have had to have the contacts / plunger changed....Try rocking the vehicle before starting...

[kitesurf_phil]

Try rocking the vehicle before starting...

That's OK for manuals Gaz. It doesn't do much for automatics though.

My thoughts are dodgy battery, battery connections or bad earth. The alarm going off suggests that the voltage is dropping very low when cranking.

[Gizmo]

Try rocking the vehicle before starting...

That's OK for manuals Gaz. It doesn't do much for automatics though.

My thoughts are dodgy battery, battery connections or bad earth. The alarm going off suggests that the voltage is dropping very low when cranking.

Sorry Phil, but disagree...When I had problems with my starter I put the vehicle in Neutral and give it a slight rock, put the thing back in park and the vehicle used to start...did this on two occassions!!

[Apache]

I'd put money on it being the starter contacts. Not a big job. I bought a set of contacts from Roughtrax and did the job in half an hour or so. Didn't bother with a plunger, just fitted it in a drill chuck, spun it up and ran a fine file over it to clean off the metal splatter from the melted contacts! Repaired it about a year ago and no problems since.

[mikebrfc]

cheers everyone will try all these suggestions and see how i get on