Originally posted by mean'tour: I tested the voltage on the starter tonight. Big wire has about battery voltage all the time. None of the other ones have any voltage ever, key on or key off.
I have a new relay for R6 that I got at AZone. Unless I did something stupid and fried it (are you supposed to disconnect the battery every time you pull a fuse or relay?) then R6 is not the problem. As I was testing voltages I switched out my stock relay for the new one. Same results.
Relays are pretty robust, as long as you don't push them to handle more power than they are supposed to and keep them out of the weather like they are in the fuse box then they should last a pretty long time. When you remove or replace a relay you at least want to make sure that the circuit they are part of is turned off and in the case of R6, if the ignition was off then there was no power in the circuit. But, as a rule of thumb for when you do any electrical work on a car or anywhere for that matter you always want to make sure there is no power. Disconnecting the batter is the fail proof way of making sure there is no power in the car.
The only time there will be voltage at the small wire on the starter is when the ignition switch is turned all the way like you are going to start the engine. There will be no voltage in this wire if the key is just in the run or on position.
Almost battery voltage at the big wire on the starter probably means that it is just fine. The slight difference is probably becasue of the spot where the negative prong of the meter was put to for a ground wasn't perfectly clean.
Last edited by Smitty Smitwagg; 04/20/0611:29 AM.
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