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Another starting problem! Any idea folks?

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nick3814

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See what you make of this!! As posted elsewhere on here, the other day I cleaned up all the connections on the starter motor and then covered them in vaseline and as a result she started much better, turned over quicker and sounded much healthier when starting. That was wednesday, she has sat on the drive since whilst I biked it into work for a few days. Went to start her today (to pop down to OPC as it happens) she turned over 2 or 3 times and then there was this massive clicking noise! Tried again and the same, a load of clicking, and she wouldn't fire. The clicking sounded electrical as oppose to a mechanical/metal click, checked DME relay etc and then got the wife to turn it over whilst I looked under the car and it was the starter! Clicking like mad, but definately an electical click. I checked the battery which read 12.1volts, so I put the battery on charge for an hour whilst I disconnected all the starter connections again, cleaned them up and took off all the vaseline, re connected the battery and she starts great again, turns fast and fires up no problem [:)] so of course I'm wondering now what would cause this and will it happen again, any ideas lads??
 
Just not enough voltage in the battery!,
At 12.1V you'll be lucky to turn over a decent sized engine.
Battery "may" be on the way out, or you have a bad earth connection.
(try a jump lead from the battery negative to the chassis to rule out an earth problem)
Rule of thumb you should expect nearer 13V in a good battery (12.5V upwards)
Check your getting 13.5 - 14 volts at the battery with the car running , to rule out the alternator, under 13.5 V and you might be looking at an alternator rebuild
 
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