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hugh1130
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Oct 1, 2008, 5:29 PM
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1998 Corolla almost wont start
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1998 toyota Corolla
80700 miles
so story times
saturday, drove the car for about 15 minutes, stayed about 6-7 hours in town and drove it back to my apartment no problem, this was the first time i used the rear defroster in a long time.
sunday night, try to drive it again for a milk run, makes clicking sound when i try to start the care, i think its a dead battery, jump it, it starts and i drive for 30 minutes or so. turned on the rear defroster for a second time here.
monday morning, try to start the car to see if it made it though the night, make clicking sound again, batteries dead again. when i get back from work jump it a second time drive around ( no rear defroster or accessories at all). stop for 30 mins at a store, starts fine when i get out.
tuesday night, start it again to make sure it was fine after jump, and my problems starts. Makes the clicking noise, but after 1 second or so of clicking it sounds like the engine is starting, but i still hear clicking noise. So i try to start it a second time and after turning the ignition for a long time ( 5 second) i hear the clicking nose for the first 3, then it begins to start and i successfully start it. i let it idle for 10 min, turn it off. turn it back on 2 minutes later to see if it is fine, starts normally.
wednesday afternoon, start it again to, same deal with hereing the clicking noise but was abel to get it to start after holding the ignition for a long time. also starts normally after 10 minute idle.
wednesday night, again here the clicking noise to start but i am abel to get it to start after a while. and i post here.
i brought the car in 3 weeks again because it wouldnt start/ had a weird sound. the mechanic told me that the battery et al was fine ( passed a load test) and the sound was a hole in the exhaust, and couldnt fix it at the moment, i would have to come back but was not a problem other then the sound.
no problems at all between when i had the battery tested and sunday.
so my question is, is it safe to keep starting the car even though it makes the clicking noise alot before i get it to start. if it isnt safe what could it possible be and does it need to immediately get fixed.
(This post was edited by hugh1130 on Oct 1, 2008, 5:34 PM)
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Tom Greenleaf
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Oct 2, 2008, 1:53 AM
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Wow! Quite a little history you posted!
Make sure battery cable connections are good and clean both at battery and other ends for a beginning,
T
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hugh1130
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Oct 2, 2008, 2:08 PM
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the terminal connections where tight, and i will clean tomarrow when i have more time any way.
so more info
after sitting the night, turned it on this evening. before starting the car i turned on the windshield wipers, they moved at about normal speed. when i started the car this afternoon, no more clicking noise, just a extreme slowed down version of the starting noise ( was much quicker to start up to)
again after idel for 10 minutes, turned car off and then it started with no issues.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Oct 2, 2008, 2:26 PM
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Just know that a rapid fire "machine gun" like clicking is another issue if just like that. Terminals and eyelet connctions may look ok and even be tight and NOT make a good connection. The sell a battery brush for cleaning battery "top" post terminals which helps for those and just sandpaper or wire brush the other ends - one at the starter and other on the engine block - highly neglected to ever really do those by folks. Use a smear of grease so they don't corrode and the can last ions without troubles.
The battery probably uses 10mm hex nut/bolt and that must be down on terminals well enough and when tight by the nut/bolt still give it a twist with pliers or somethings as they can be tight but not really tight on the post so beware of that.
Hope I'm not off on the wrong track but it wouldn't hurt to know these are all good yourself as maintenance AND to rule out that if problem recurrs,
T
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