33 Gts-t Starting Issue

[ianjb]

For the last week or so it's been struggling to crank over, Sounded like a flat battery so I put the trickle charger on it on xmas eve and it started no problems.

mid week it started to struggle again, worked fine NYE and then finally went to start it yesterday and it has gotten to a point where it it cranked but struggled just like a flat battery would and wouldn't start.

Put the trickle on it again, also tried a jump starter pack and now it wont even produce the click that even a flat battery would normally do. Put a multimetre on it and its reading a consistent 12.4V even when trying to turn it over. The lights, indicators, radio and air con work as normal but now there be nothing when trying to start it..

all the normal lights come on when the acc is turned on but when trying to start the cat light comes on. but I'm not 100% if this normally flashes when trying start..

The light between the oil and battery on the right of the rev counter.

http://s688.photobucket.com/user/Brendonams/media/333518_358441544171960_100000183534541_1688374_1179138731_o.jpg.html

The battery is a little over 12 months old

The starter motor was replaced with a 34 neo one about 2 years ago

any possible avenues anyone suggest to explore?

cheers!

[admS15]

Do you have access to another battery to try? Just to rule that out. I had a similar experience years ago on an old Mazda that ended up being a starter motor fault. I kept throwing bigger batteries at it until truck batteries wouldn't turn it over anymore. Starter was drawing too much power.

[Ben C34]

Clean battery terminal.

Consider replacing battery

[kingtube69]

I had a similar issue with mine when I had no license. Week by week it got harder to start until one day fresh off the charger it wouldn't crank the car over at all. I believe one or more of the cells were failing.

Like the others said test with another battery and replace if necessary

[tridentt150v]

Get your battery tested at any battery world or autoelec shop. They will be able to do a load test and tell you if its OK.

Clean terminals and install new or reinstall.

Check your earth strap to chassis and then check earth strap to the motor. Easy way to check is to use a jumper lead and go from the chassis to the motor - make sure they are both good solid connections with no insulators like gaskets etc. The lifting ring or exhaust mani is good .

Check your leads to the starter motor, undo and clean then redo. If you cannot here any sound from the starter then its the solenoid not throwing out. If you here a click/clunk then the solenoid is fine and your starter motor is probably toast.

[ianjb]

cheers guys.

I have just tried to jump it with another car but no luck. With the leads on it the solenoid does click, will get the battery checked tomorrow morn as its still under warranty.

[ianjb]

solved.

bad starter motor.

[admS15]

Celebratory skid is in order me thinksB)

[ianjb]

k.

BRB

[kingtube69]

Plox post skid vids *filmed somewhere in Mexico*