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Originally Posted by jons4real
My car wont start. If turns over for about 20 seconds then stops and just clicks. There is plenty of power, all lights work. So I think the battery is fine. Dash lights blink with clicking. Clicking is loud. Just installed a new starter this year. Need help.
It started for about 3 secs then just shut off. Its almost like the serp belt froze or something but I dont know how that would make a clicking noise.
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Put a voltmeter across the battery while someone cranks it. The voltage is supposted to stay up in the 9.5 and higher range if I am in the right numbers without looking it up in a FSM.
And you can do a voltage drop test on the main cable to the starter to see how much differential there is while the starter is drawing high current.
Did you take apart the positive cables at the battery and check for corrosion between them and along the upper part of the plastic covered cables?
I'm with the poster suggesting your battery may be at fault or your starter--or your cable may be deteriorated.