 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  |  09-30-2005, 11:33 PM | #1 | | Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Canada Posts: 92 |  i turn the key and all i hear is clicking
i went to start my car today and i had the unpleasant suprise of not hearing my engine roar to life, unforutnatley all it did was making a cliking sound. I checked the battery and it says that its charged, so i didint think that my battery was dead. I tried jumping the car anyways and nothing happened, all i heard was the clicking sound coming from around the alternator. I am assuming that because the battery is not dead and when i turn the key all the alternator seems to do is click that the alternator is dead. Any help would be appreciated |  |  | | 10-01-2005, 01:17 AM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: MD/VA/DC Posts: 834 |
its the battery'
if the alternator is bad the car should still turn over
the watts might be good but what about the amps
im telling u the battrey | | | | | 10-01-2005, 03:18 AM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 308 |
battery. even if you're lights work & the radio & the......etc. it doesn't mean that the battery has enough juice to crank the engine. after you get a jump-start, go buy a battery. | | | | | 10-01-2005, 04:42 AM | #4 | | Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Canada Posts: 92 |
I already started taking apart the alternator because i was planning on buying a new one tomorow.....which is gonna run me around 500. I trust your judgment cause u have had the car longer then me. Why did the car not start when i tried to jump it though? | | | | | 10-01-2005, 06:35 AM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: MD/VA/DC Posts: 834 |
if you give them the core it will cost u $300
i tell you this becouse i own 2 TI's and one dose not have the alternator
i changed the batter and everything working get but the car would not start i keeped hearing a clicking sound
when u tryed jump start in order for that to work there has to be that right amount of cca ITS not like hondas where where u can crank it tell the battery dies | | | | | 10-01-2005, 06:37 AM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: MD/VA/DC Posts: 834 |
and if you here a sound like a supercharger that mean that the alternator is going bad | | | | | 10-01-2005, 06:33 PM | #7 | | Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Canada Posts: 92 |
I have not heard a supercharger like sound so i guess thats a good thing. Are u suggesting i get a new battery or what, because by what u just said u bought a new battery and that didnt fix ur problem. | | | | | 10-01-2005, 11:09 PM | #8 | | Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Canada Posts: 92 |
Went and bought a new battery today.....fired up almost instantly. Thanks so much for the help guys, saved me a few hundred dollars | | | | |
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