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Old 01 Nov 2006, 06:47 pm
Jim Yanik
 
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Default Re: Acura starting problem

"TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in
news:Xns986EB974CA0EBtegger@207.14.116.130:

> VonJason@webtv.net wrote in news:27867-4548F21F-1139@storefull-
> 3217.bay.webtv.net:
>
>> Vehicle is a 1990 Acura Integra GS 4 speed.
>>
>> Problem is in the morning when I go to start it all I get is a
>> click,it doesn't turn over,I turn the key back sometimes once
>> sometimes three times then it starts.The rest of the day it runs fine
>> and starts right up.It seems to do it only after its been sitting
>> overnight.
>>
>> I replaced the battery about a month ago and load tested it and it
>> appears fine.It had the same symptoms before the battery replacement.
>>
>> Any help/tips to look for would be appreciated.
>>
>>

>
>
> Clean the thick cable from the + terminal of the battery to the
> starter (both ends!). Sand both the cable's ends and the battery post.
> Also sand the negative cable and its post.
>
> Finally, make sure the engine's ground cable is still attached and is
> cleanly connected. This runs from a valve cover nut to the rad
> support, on the driver's side of the rad. It has a tendency to come
> apart from vibration.
>
> When you crank, does the dome light dim to nothing?
>


Don't forget the starter solenoid contacts.
He hears the click of the solenoid,but no real electrical contact is
made,thus no cranking.

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