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12-09-2002, 12:00 AM
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Starter trouble in cold, just clicks.
I have a 2000 and it has been about 15 degrees a few days ago (I have not had it plugged in) and my starter just clicks in the morning. I open the hood and let the sun shine in and warm it up for a few minutes. Click the starter a few more times and it starts. The next few days were a little warmer 25 degrees maybe and it started fine. Batteries are good, wait to start was fine. Anybody had this prob before? Is my starter about to go out?
12-09-2002, 12:28 AM
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Re:Starter trouble in cold, just clicks.
Hey TS,
I have a similar condition with mine, every once in a while it’ll just go Click. So far every time it did that I’d just keep trying and eventually it would go. Mine seems to do that when ever it feels like it from the coldest to the hottest days. If all else fails, try GENTLY tapping the starter with a hammer, rock, wrench, piece of wood (choose one) and that should get it off a “dead spot” and cranking. My old man’s Ferd did this too but there it didn’t go no matter how much I knocked on it. I took the starter out and spun the gear by hand and lo and behold when I hooked it to a battery she spun away, so I put it back in and away she went. Worked for about 8 starts and I was given the privilege to repeat the process over. That starter was definitely dead. If you do end up having to replace the starter, do not get a remanufactured one, in my experience they usually last only about 1/3rd of the time a new one does. Hope this helps any, sorry about the long reply.
12-09-2002, 01:06 AM
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Re:Starter trouble in cold, just clicks.
I am the expert on this problem. My first gen ate starters like dogs eat bones. My 97 did the same thing. The starter is DEAD. It may work now by tapping and trying over and over but sooner or later (I’d say in the next two weeks) it will go all together. Save yourself the embarassment of being stranded laying on the ground trying to beat the starter and make it work. It aways happens to me when there are a million dodge haters around and it makes me look really bad. So replace it now. Definately with a brand new one AC delco is the way to go.
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Re:Starter trouble in cold, just clicks.
If this is only happening when it is cold, I would suspect that the starter is not getting enough power due to a power problem. Check that all of the battery cables are in good condition and tight on the posts and make sure that the posts are clean. Have your batteries checked to make sure that they are in good condition.
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12-09-2002, 01:35 AM
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Re:Starter trouble in cold, just clicks.
The cold really lets you know when you may have a weak battery. I would go where they can check them for you and find out how much load they will take. If one is bad it will take the other with it so get 2 new ones if that is the case.
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12-09-2002, 02:34 AM
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Re:Starter trouble in cold, just clicks.
OK! I would like to tell you why it clicks. It is not your starter. It is either your batteries or your battery connections (probably the batteries)
What happenes in real life is that the batteries in our vehicals have what they call an “internal resistance” The real voltage of a 12 volt battery is around 13.8 volts. Volts is like water pressure. When you turn on the tap in your kitchen you know that there is pressure to make the water come out of the tap. Amps is the equivalent of how many gallons per minute that the water will come out. The bigger the pipe the mare gallons per minute. This is based on how much resistance the pipe is ‘constricting’ the flow. Example: blow through a thin straw and feel how long it takes to blow a whole breath of air. Now blow through a 1/2″ pipe and see how fast it takes. This is what they call resistance in electrical terms measured in Ohms.
Now what happens in the battery is that it has all the pressure but what limits the gallons per minute is the size of the pipe.
The battery itself has its own internal resistance(due to the physical properties of the lead and the electrolyte) and the resistance of the battery connections and the resistance of the wire going to the starter make up the total resistance. With all this resistance and the voltage drop associated with all the amps “gallons per minute” the starter draws there still has to be 12 volts to the actual starter for it to work.
Now if you have a weak battery or loose connections the total of the resistance of the battery and the connections and thie wire equals or is greater than the starter itself, what happens is when you first turn it over the starting relay draws in. When this happens there is virtually no current flow(because the relay is just clicking on and not turning the starting motor yet) now after the relay has closed the starting motor demands huge amount of current but there is a restriction in the pipe.(due to bad connection or a weak battery)Now what happens is the starting relay does not have enough pressure(voltage) to hold it closed, now it opens, then there is sufficient pressure to close it again but there is no current to the starting motor. Now when it closes again it starts all over again. hence click click click.
hpe this is clear as mud
