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Re: Car Goes Click, Click, Click
When you turn the key, is it a single click or many in succession? Is it loud or soft? Is the sound coming from the dash or under the floor? The starter usually makes a single metallic click when it engages the flywheel, then the car turns over. Multiple clicks means that there isn't enough voltage available. A single click with no engine turning means the voltage is very low.
A neutral start switch, when activated, won't even allow the starter to attempt to start. It would be located near the shift lever underneath the plastic cover. How long has the engine sat? I would check to make sure the engine hasn't seized by putting a breaker bar on the crankshaft and turning it over. Then take off either the timing belt cover or the distributor cover and turn the crank to check that the camshaft is turning as well. It not, the timing belt is broken.
Here's an example of what it should look like:
http://www.allworldautomotive.com/fe...d=170567151179
Hope this helps!
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Last edited by jdmccright; 02-09-2011 at 11:06 PM.
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