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Old 04-12-15, 12:31 PM
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I search for the last 2 week and have found nothing that relate to my problem. My car only start when it's been sitting for 3 to 4 hours. For example I'll park in the garage wake up to go to work start fine. If I shut it off for a min and try to restart it nothing. Lights works pretty much everything inside is working. No crank no click just silent. Now if I leave it alone for say about 2 hours it'll start right up. I have check the battery, the fuse, ignition, also the neutral safety switch. Also the starter can't be th culprit I assume since there is no click. Does anyone possibly might have this issue before? Thank you for your help and advice.
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Hey bud, it could be your "starter Relay" which is in the engine bay relay block. Either the coil of the relay isn't getting sufficient current to create the magnetism because of corroded terminals/wires or the contacts of the relay have bad corrosion on them and the temperature is affecting it.
Just pull it out and test it using your 12V car battery and an ohms meter. Also check to see that the relevant voltages on all four terminals going to the relay socket are correct.
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Thanks for the reply. I when and got a new relay and it didn't work.
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OK , it would of bin better to test it first before buying a new one. Are you able to test voltages coming out of the relay socket while someone tries to start the engine?
You should get 12V and 0V on each terminal where the coil of the relay would go. And you should get 12V and 0V on each terminal where the switch of the relay would go. So you should have 2 x 0Volts and 2 x 12Volts on the four terminals.
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