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Your engine does not crank when you turned on the engine but when you connect the solenoid to the battery the engine cranks?
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∙ 14y ago
Sounds like you might have a bad starter relay.
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If a battery cranks well can it still be bad?
If the battery turns the engine over as it should then the battery is good.
How do you hook up a 1990 ford f150 battery?
Answer Red cable (+) goes to starter solenoid and Positive side of battery Black (-) cable goes to engine ground. When disconnecting a battery always disconnect the ground cable from the battery first. When connecting a battery always connect the ground cable to the battery last.
What does it mean when you turn the key to start the engine cranks but doesn't fire and when you take the key out it still turns until you disconnect the battery?
It depends on the kind of vehicle. If it's a ford, you might just need a solenoid. Some fords have an external solenoid, mounted on the drivers side wheel well. Some vehicles have a solenoid integral to the starter. In those you might need a starter.
Where is the purge solenoid on 2002 dodge Dakota?
To the right of the battery, when looking at engine.
Battery fully charged but engine barely turns over 350 Chevy?
Connection from battery to starter is bad, starter is bad or engine is bad. It's usually not the engine. Start by clearing the connection. If you can get good access to the bendix on the starter, a quick test is to run a jumper cable (the ones you use to jump start the car are great for this) from the positive post on the battery to the battery bolt on the starter solenoid. Clamp it on, take the car out of gear and use a short jumper to connect the keyswitch lug on the solenoid to the side of the jumper cable clamp. Make this jumper by crimping a push-on connector to each end of a foot-long piece of 12-gauge stranded wire. If the car cranks good, just change the cable from the starter to the battery and you're done. If it doesn't work, pull the starter and have it tested.
Installed new battery into BMW1200LT yr2000 and starter runs in any key position as you connect negative terminal Lights not working engine runs fine with key on turn engine off and starter resumes?
I would guess you either have a faulty solenoid or you have the positive connected to the wrong side of it. the wiring for the lights and other accessories is usually connected to one side of the solenoid .Likely your bike sat in storage and the battery went bad or, you put off buying a battery and keep nursing it along. . Then u tried to start it with a weak or bad battery. The start relay gets lazy and sticks due to the weak voltage. So, when you try and connect the battery, the engine cranks by itself. The bike will crank even with the key in your pocket. This is an expensive repair as likely the relay, starter are both fried. There is an update kit from BMW moving the relay out in the open for the next time it happens. Best to use a small float charger like a battery tender to prevent his from happining again.
How do you connect the charger in a car battery?
Connect the positive + red charger cable to the positive + red battery post. Then connect the negative - black charger cable to the engine somewhere. Most engines have something metal sticking up that you can connect to. Do not connect the negative charge cable to the negative battery post, always connect it to the engine.
The car has a strong battery power but does not start is it the starter?
it's easy to check the solenoid, put a screw driver across the large nut & the smaller one, and if the starter engages it's the solenoid .make sure the vehicle is in park, or the e- brake is on. ( with key on)
Why won't dodge diesel start?
What year? What is it doing? A 12 valve has a fuel shut off solenoid that commonly malfunctions, the engine cranks but never starts.
How do you connect the battery to the coil to start a honda cd175 engine out of the frame and on the bench?
Just connect the battery to the motorcycle battery cables with jumper cables and then start it.
Where is the starter on a 2002 Saturn vue 4 cylinder?
The starter on the 2002 Saturn vue is located on the front underside of the engine, follow the positive(red) cable from the battery and it should connect to the solenoid which is part of the starter.
When jumping a car do you connect positive one first?
Yes connect the positive first to the positive battery post, and then connect the negative ground to the engine somewhere and not to the battery.
