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2011 Kia Sportage Won't Start


1Quik7

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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.

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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.

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