Originally posted by mean'tour:

12.8 Volts, I just checked. I will check the other starter related stuff in a few minutes.

Do you think it is now the starter AND the fuel pump? Hopefully just a stuck starter and/ or fuel pump.



12.8, excellent. One more thing to do with the voltage meter. This will help test the battery's capacity. Turn on the ignition and turn on the heater blower, the radio and the headlights and then check the battery voltage again. It will drop some, it will start dropping fast and then slow down and eventually stop and hold steady but it shouldn't get much lower than 11 after 10 to 15 seconds.

I don't want to jump to conclusions. I like to keep an open mind when I'm troubleshooting. The checks you'll do will help determine the casue of the starter's problem. To be honest, I'm hoping its something silly like a loose connection on the ignition switch, but more realistically I'm thinking its possible that there is a coincidental failure of both the fuel pump and the starter relays.

I like the Count's suggestion about checking the fuel pump. I've never heard of doing that before, but its simple.


Last edited by JSmith; 04/13/06 11:42 AM.
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