DUK13Y
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This sort of relates to my other thread here, but this is more focused on the car not starting issue as I'm guessing it has a lot to do with what's wrong.
Anyway, my problem, sometimes when I go to start the car, I'll turn the key but it'll either kick over once then nothing, or just do sod all, as if I hadn't turned the key. The way I get around it at the moment is just by taking the key out and trying again. When it first started, it just needed me to take the key out once. Today though I was at the RTA getting my bike P's and I needed to take the key out about 5 times before it worked. Even then, it cranked like the battery was flat. So turned over once slowly, then again and finally started. It's also happening more frequently. At first it would happen once a month at most, now it happens maybe 1/5 times I get in the car. Today being the worst where it happened nearly every time I tried to start it, and it requiring multiple attempts to get it working. There is a very high pitched sound coming from the engine bay too which I've noticed is louder now than it was about 2 weeks ago.
Dad thinks it could the starter motor solenoid or maybe a relay that's died. I just checked the battery voltages and it reads 12.4v with the engine off, and 14.1v with the engine on. So the alternator and battery are fine, so it must be something else electrically. Any ideas would be great. Would prefer not to take it to an auto-sparky as 1: it'll cost me money, and 2: dad's a sparky, just not in automotive. so he has a good understanding of how the electrics work, but might not know what to look for exactly.
Thanks for any help.
Anyway, my problem, sometimes when I go to start the car, I'll turn the key but it'll either kick over once then nothing, or just do sod all, as if I hadn't turned the key. The way I get around it at the moment is just by taking the key out and trying again. When it first started, it just needed me to take the key out once. Today though I was at the RTA getting my bike P's and I needed to take the key out about 5 times before it worked. Even then, it cranked like the battery was flat. So turned over once slowly, then again and finally started. It's also happening more frequently. At first it would happen once a month at most, now it happens maybe 1/5 times I get in the car. Today being the worst where it happened nearly every time I tried to start it, and it requiring multiple attempts to get it working. There is a very high pitched sound coming from the engine bay too which I've noticed is louder now than it was about 2 weeks ago.
Dad thinks it could the starter motor solenoid or maybe a relay that's died. I just checked the battery voltages and it reads 12.4v with the engine off, and 14.1v with the engine on. So the alternator and battery are fine, so it must be something else electrically. Any ideas would be great. Would prefer not to take it to an auto-sparky as 1: it'll cost me money, and 2: dad's a sparky, just not in automotive. so he has a good understanding of how the electrics work, but might not know what to look for exactly.
Thanks for any help.