1Quik7 Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) Our old Kia, whcih has become the family beater won't start... Got in last week, turned the key, heard 'click' then nothing Waited a couple mins tried again, nothing Think its possibly battery related(lights,radio work), put the car on the charger all day Try again when I get home, nothing Hook up the multimeter, battery is newer and juiced up I begin to think its the starter Check the fuses, none blown Check the Relay, it looks fine, swap it with another, nothing Decide to put a jumper on the relay, viola! Engine cranks! Get back in the car, starter can now be heard.... Thats where I am. One thing that confuses me is why bypassing the relay made a difference..did I reset something when I jumped it? Where should I go? I'm leaning towards checking the fuel pump, it has 166k miles and I don't think the wife ever replaced the fuel filter. When I hooked up the OBD scanner to check for codes I read some Live data and I'm pretty sure it said the injectors were 100%..not sure if the device is accurate. Edited January 10, 2020 by 1Quik7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE-O Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 Does it start each time you jump the relay without issue or just the one random time ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Quik7 Posted January 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 The starter works from the relay and now the ignition. Which is what puzzeled me because it didn't work from the ignition until I put the bypass on the relay and now it does. I just double checked from the relay and the engine does torque when then starter gets power...so the bendix seems to be engaging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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