greg schulte
greg schulte,
I'm having a problem with my truck starting and I need a second opinion before I go buy a part. If you don't mind giving some advice, I'd appreciate it.
Last Saturday I woke, loaded up the dogs and took them to the park. An hour or so later I left the park and came home.
No problem.
Shortly after that, maybe 20 minutes, I go to leave and my truck won't start. I put the key in, turn it ON, twist to crank the engine and I get a single click and nothing else.
There is no starter crank, no nothing going on -- just a single click.
I checked the battery connection and the power connection to the starter which both seem firm. No apparently corrosion on the battery side, either. The starter side has some oil caked on it, but my truck has had a slow oil leak (like a few drops a day) for years. It's a 1997 5.7l v8 Tahoe.
From reading online I am under the impression the click I hear in the solenoid engaging (what the heck is a solenoid?) so I'm thinking the starter itself just stopped, but would it stop so suddenly like that, literally working one minute and not the next?
Anywho, before I go off and buy a new starter I want to make sure it's in fact the starter that's broken and not something else affecting the starter.
Below is a link to the same symptoms, but not the same resolution.
Thanks for any advice you can provide.
http://m.chevroletforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19914
I'm having a problem with my truck starting and I need a second opinion before I go buy a part. If you don't mind giving some advice, I'd appreciate it.
Last Saturday I woke, loaded up the dogs and took them to the park. An hour or so later I left the park and came home.
No problem.
Shortly after that, maybe 20 minutes, I go to leave and my truck won't start. I put the key in, turn it ON, twist to crank the engine and I get a single click and nothing else.
There is no starter crank, no nothing going on -- just a single click.
I checked the battery connection and the power connection to the starter which both seem firm. No apparently corrosion on the battery side, either. The starter side has some oil caked on it, but my truck has had a slow oil leak (like a few drops a day) for years. It's a 1997 5.7l v8 Tahoe.
From reading online I am under the impression the click I hear in the solenoid engaging (what the heck is a solenoid?) so I'm thinking the starter itself just stopped, but would it stop so suddenly like that, literally working one minute and not the next?
Anywho, before I go off and buy a new starter I want to make sure it's in fact the starter that's broken and not something else affecting the starter.
Below is a link to the same symptoms, but not the same resolution.
Thanks for any advice you can provide.
http://m.chevroletforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19914
Comments
I just tried to find the damn multimeter to check the battery but it appears my roommate hid it.
( bad cable / wire connection )
Glad it is fixed