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Battery/Starter/Other?

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  • 15-01-2009 5:53pm
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    BurnsCarpenter
    Registered Users Posts: 552 ✭✭✭


    So, I tried to start my 02 Mazda 323F this morning and I got a rapid click-click-click type noise - didn't sound like the engine was turning over at all. (didn't sound healthy either :( )

    Got home from work there and tried it again and there's no life at all.

    Any ideas? I know I didn't leave anything on that would have drained the battery.


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    ART6
    Registered Users Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭ART6


    BurnsCarpenter wrote: »
    So, I tried to start my 02 Mazda 323F this morning and I got a rapid click-click-click type noise - didn't sound like the engine was turning over at all. (didn't sound healthy either :( )

    Got home from work there and tried it again and there's no life at all.

    Any ideas? I know I didn't leave anything on that would have drained the battery.

    Possibles:
    1. Jammed starter motor -- put the car in gear and try rocking it back and forth.
    2. Starter motor bendix drive not moving -- stuck on shaft or solenoid not able to move it. Starter motor needs to come off to check.
    3. Faulty starter motor -- the solenoid is engaging but the starter motor isn't turning. Bad power connection or earth through the braid.
    4. Dead or end of life battery -- if you can get someone with jump leads, try a jump start. If it goes then dead battery or faulty alternator not charging it.


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    Darragh29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,097 ✭✭✭Darragh29


    BurnsCarpenter wrote: »
    So, I tried to start my 02 Mazda 323F this morning and I got a rapid click-click-click type noise - didn't sound like the engine was turning over at all. (didn't sound healthy either :( )

    Got home from work there and tried it again and there's no life at all.

    Any ideas? I know I didn't leave anything on that would have drained the battery.

    Probably the battery OP. The recent weather is the grim reaper for car batteries. Try jump starting it and if it starts ok, then its most likely the battery.


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    fifth
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    Sounds to me like dead battery.. Only because I had this a few months ago exactly as you described.


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    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,941 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    Darragh29 wrote: »
    Probably the battery OP. The recent weather is the grim reaper for car batteries. Try jump starting it and if it starts ok, then its most likely the battery.

    same thing was happening to my car op. Would jumpstart not a bother, got the battery changed and wham its fine :)


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    Avns1s
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    Battery dead - Replace. Simple as!


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    BurnsCarpenter
    Registered Users Posts: 552 ✭✭✭BurnsCarpenter


    Thanks all, will get somebody to give me a jump. Hopefully that explains it.


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