engine wont turnover, starter questions

[nickmpower]

The engine doesnt even try to turnover. I turn it to the on position and there are a couple little clicks and stuff then i turn it to the start position and absolutyly nothing happends. i hooked a jumpstart thing to it and still nothing. I guess my starter is ****ed? i will try to take it apart sometime and look at it. i found some starters at a local junkyard but they only have 325 starters? will they work?

and if the starter was good it would have turned when i connected the positive to the back end of the soliniod and the negitive to ground right?

thanks

[nickmpower]

ok so me and my dad fianlly got the starter to turn....which means there is something wrong with the switch or the wiring...are any of these things common problems in e30's? how hard is it to take apart the steering coloum covers?

[Spaz]

all you need to do is take a test lamp, and hook the clamp to a good ground, (ie. a bolt into the frame.) then touch the big fat wire at the starter, see if the lamp lights.

then touch the skinny wire *while someone has the key to the start postion)
and see if the lamp lights.

if the lamp lights in both places, then you have a bad starter.
if it lamps on the fat wire but not the skinny you have a bad starting signal circuit (such as fuse, relay, ignition switch)
if the lamp doesn't light on the fat wire, but lights up on the skinny. some how the starter is not getting power.(loose battery connections, weak battery, broken battery cable, corroded cables)

let me know what happends, and i hope this helps.

[tonytony]

I had this problem a while back and got a new start well I went back to try one more time and it turned out to be the battery connection. I dont know how, but it came loose enough to where it wasn't getting power to the car, so try to loosing it up clean it out and reconnect it. Good luck :D

[nickmpower]

Ok so i just tested it and the small wires are not getting any power...now what? how hard is it to get to the ignition switch? could anyone tell me how to take the steering coloum covers off?

and does anyone know which fuse if any this current goes through?

[Spaz]

Ok so i just tested it and the small wires are not getting any power...now what? how hard is it to get to the ignition switch? could anyone tell me how to take the steering coloum covers off?

and does anyone know which fuse if any this current goes through?

did you test it while someone was trying to start the car??? that is crutial!

[Spaz]

oh and make sure if its standard the cluctch is in, and if its auto, thats its in park or netural, or else it won;t send a signal.

[Jordan]

Nick... that car is a PEICE.

Back when it was forsale from who Joe bought it from, I was going to buy it as a parts car, because that is all its good for. I would have bought it for that purpose if I hadnt lost my job.

There is a reason the car was sold for pocket change.

[Spaz]

Nick... that car is a PEICE.

Back when it was forsale from who Joe bought it from, I was going to buy it as a parts car, because that is all its good for. I would have bought it for that purpose if I hadnt lost my job.

There is a reason the car was sold for pocket change.

damn and i offer info to a parts car!!!

[nickmpower]

yes the clutch was pushed in and still no siganl from the small wire, and jordan, thanks for making me feel better about my car. this weekend this thing will be in full working order

[Jordan]

It's nothing personal Nick, just stating facts. That car has ALOT of sketch items on it.

[Spaz]

yes the clutch was pushed in and still no siganl from the small wire, and jordan, thanks for making me feel better about my car. this weekend this thing will be in full working order

in that case, check the ignition switch, fuse, relay (i can;t remeber if we have them)

[nickmpower]

maybe im missing that fuse so that no one could turn the engine over with out oil? does anyone know which fuse it is? i looked at the fuse thing in the engine compartment and it looks like there are a few that arent there but then again those could be acessory things

[nickmpower]

Is there even a fuse for it? could somone please help me!!!!! i also need to know what i need do to take the steering coloum covers off. I tried yesterday but i couldnt get it. I only tried for a few minutes

[nickmpower]

ok i just got it started!!!!!! after a month or so of working on this thing!!! i still had to use a wire to conduct power from the big wire to the small wire tho