Scott Christie,Push start expert wrote,
>Coming back from the Bowie show yesterday (100 degrees in the shade!),
I stopped
>to get gas and turned the car off - big mistake. After pumping gas I
tried to
>start the car and GOT NOTHING. The generator light went on, but not
even a
>click-click-click from the starter. Panic ensued, and after trying
everything I
>could think of, I noticed I was on top of a hill, and there was a side
road next
>to the gas station going sharply downhill. So, I did the ol' push
start method
>and got home. Whew! After the car cooled down in my garage I tried
starting it
>and it fired right up!
>Any explanations from the experts out there?
Bad ground on the relay, or poor contact of the wire to the relay coil
side of
the relay.
Also, some times on solenoids, temperature can reduce the actuator force
so much that it cannot overcome the return spring. Hence, not even a
click.
Next time is does this,try to short the battery side of the relay to the
starter
terminal. If it clicks, then the ground is not the culprit.
>Finally, what does a water pump about to die sound like? I have a
rattling sound
>under the hood, and it sounds like the water pump. Any clues?
Tire water pumps sound just like that.
Grab the water pump pully, and try to move it around. If there is any
play,
the fan is loose, or the pumps bearings are gone.
BTW, if the bearings are gone, the seals are soon to follow.
Later,
Jarrid Gross
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