not battery or alternator daw, starter problem kaya?

**mark1985** · December 17th, 2013 02:22 AM

Hi po mga katsikot!

Just want to seek your advice. My car is a 95 galant VR4 (not the AWD). Problem is there are times when i start the car, it just clicks and doesn't crank. I try it a couple more times and it still wont do it the trick. Then after i leave it for a couple of minutes, I try again and then it will crank and start up finally.

I brought this to a mechanic a week ago and have my battery and alternator checked. Sabi nila ok naman daw at walang palya parehas dahil may maganda ba ang kuryenteng dumadaloy (tama ba yung term ko?hehe).

Kaso later on I still experience the problem. So I'm wondering if it's my starter that's giving up on me.

And also may karga naman sya because the gauges all light up when i turn the key. Pati nga mga ilaw and all gumagana.

i read the "index of common car problems thread" here and it seems that the starter thing is one of the possible problems.

Hope you can shed some light before i bring it to a mechanic. It's my first car and i just got it 2 weeks ago, bought it second hand.

**chaitotek** · December 17th, 2013 05:08 AM

is this cold starting problem ? ( yung galing sa matagal na di nagamit, yung tipong tuwing umaga at nakapark magdamag?)

or

is this hot starting problem ( means yung pinatay makina kasi nagpa-gas lang, or may binili lang sa tindahan? or nag-withdraw lang sandali sa atm, pinatay makina tapos start na ulit? )\

**mark1985** · December 17th, 2013 10:07 AM

Actually for both scenarios sya nangyayari.

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**zacks_888** · December 17th, 2013 10:18 AM

I had this problem before. At times ayaw din mag start ng oto ko just a click from the starter. Nag pa check ako ng battery and alternator. Ok nmn daw ang battery and alternator. Nag pa check ako sa isang shop sbi starter problem and they offered na overhaul. Pero I went to Rey's, ang ginawa nila is naglagay ng relay sa starter. Ever since ok na sya. Sbi nila is mahina ang pasok ng kuryente kc luma na daw oto. They tried to bypass the starter directly sa battery para test and ok nman daw. Instead of re wiring dinagdagan nalang nila ng relay.

**mark1985** · December 17th, 2013 10:33 AM

Ah nice. So pacheck ko muna ung starter and have it tested i guess. Any chance na ung solenoid ung problem?

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**zacks_888** · December 17th, 2013 10:38 AM

If I remember sbi ng shop na nag offer ng overhaul is ung carbon o magnet ata is upod na. But after ko sa Rey's ok na. Hindi na sya nag playa kahit once. Check mo rin pla ung battery terminal mo bka maluwag lang din

**mark1985** · December 17th, 2013 10:58 AM

I'll keep this in mind bro. Thanks! Diko pa nattry si rey's eto ba ung sa cubao? Magkano inabot sayo?

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**zacks_888** · December 17th, 2013 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by mark1985

I'll keep this in mind bro. Thanks! Diko pa nattry si rey's eto ba ung sa cubao? Magkano inabot sayo?

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Sa Rey's marikina ako. 650 petot ung relay kasama kabit.

**mark1985** · December 17th, 2013 11:11 AM

Nako layo hehehe 650 not bad!

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**jodski** · December 17th, 2013 01:38 PM

High possibility of a starter problem lang

Palinis mo lang and they need replace the carbon kapag malipis na... that part alone will not go beyond 150 pesos to replace.

You may want to opt to replace or overhaul the solenoid as well para isang baklasan na lang. Usually labor for that starts at 400 depends kung saan ka nagpagawa