ruthlessrotary

Just replaced my battery, starter and alternator tested good. Car has power, it just clicks when I try to start my car. Help!

Rotary13B1

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What kinda car is it?

Honda?

ruthlessrotary

Na come on man.. 90 GXL Non-turbo

jlee916

try jumping it to see what it does

ruthlessrotary

jumping the battery? just bought a brand new one yesterday. didn't solve the problem..

jlee916

sometimes a new is bad. in my gtu that i had, i got power from the battery but the car wouldn't turn over. jumped the battery and the car turned on, but wouldn't hold charge at 12volts. replaced the battery and the car started fine.

ruthlessrotary

just found out my 100a fuse is blown. never seen that before. anyone have any idea what could cause that to pop?

Alex Rodriguez

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Grounded main power wire , alternator main or starter main . Make sure your battery terminals are disconnected next time if you are swapping alternators or electricals

snapcaseacilec

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Buy two fuses, Check your grounds (make sure all ground/power cables are secure and attached to what they're supposed to be) replace fuse, install battery, and check and try again.

If your just getting clicks and and engine not turning over, make sure you battery atttachments to battery are clean and tight (may need to clean with a small wire brush inside clamp holes)


(also did you replace components without disconnecting battery???)

^^^^Beat me to it^^^^

RicerJ

Matt my main fuse blew like 3 days after having mine replaced it and it never blew again it could have just been one of those things that happen

ROCKNROLLA562

make sure batterys still at 12v

ruthlessrotary

I've checked all my main powers and grounds. All good. Still just getting a click. Also tried to jump the new battery no go. Put the battery in my other car and it fired right up. Still can't figure it out...

PERTANO

Sounds like high resistance in the cable. Go get a high quality positive lead from the battery to the starter. I bet your problem will be too much resistance. I have had that problem before. The cable was all green inside from years of corrosion and wouldn't let any power through it. Swapped it out and viola!!!

ruthlessrotary

The cables are less than a year old. Had that problem before. But I just took the spark plugs out and the tips are black and wet. What could this mean. I did have a high temp right before I shut it off last time I drove it...

marcrx5

Triple check all connections - grounds, positive, switch connections.

Apex944

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How hot did it get?

Can you turn the engine over by hand?



Have you tried hot wiring the starter with a remote starter switch of some kind or the cheap way by using a screw driver to arc the posts to get the starter to turn if you don't have a way to turn the engine by hand?


Did you put the positive cables on the right posts of the starter when you put the new one in? Putting the starter positive cable on incorrectly could blow your 100 amp fuse.

If wiring is correct then I would suspect a seized engine.... hopefully that isn't the case though....


The starter not turning but the constant attempt to get it to turn over can pop that main fuse due to the starter asking for a lot of amps to try to crank a seized engine.


You still live way out in Natomas?

Celestial-Fc

Its Not starting because rotary engine.

ruthlessrotary

I tried arcing the starter and got a small crank. I also had a jumper going from the starter to battery. Putting new cables on today..

RicerJ

check your fuses inside the kick panel

ruthlessrotary

Broke down and got a new starter. Car was really flooded. Now it just smokes white.. Coolant seal?

RicerJ

does it have a sweet smell to it? sometimes its hard to tell coolant from something else