Help!!! The Beast won't start...... Wahey----now it does--
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Help!!! The Beast won't start...... Wahey----now it does--
Battery showing 11.7 volts but the starter just clicks away and it won't start. Hopefully something very simple and common but I haven't had time to look through the manual etc. Any ideas please? This happenned last night so put the Optimate on overnight but still the same today. I know 11.7 volts was OK but tried it anyway.
Last edited by Alkydale on Sun Aug 03, 2008 12:00 am, edited 1 time in total.
There are wiser than me but...
11.7V does not mean a thing. The battery could be dead anyway.
But if it doesn't even try to spin the engine, it means that it's not a battery but either:
- a tip-over sensor (small rattling box positioned in front of the battery)
- or the sidestand switch failure (and the light may operate normally, there is a separate circuit killing the engine).
Check these two before you start tearing your hair.
11.7V does not mean a thing. The battery could be dead anyway.
But if it doesn't even try to spin the engine, it means that it's not a battery but either:
- a tip-over sensor (small rattling box positioned in front of the battery)
- or the sidestand switch failure (and the light may operate normally, there is a separate circuit killing the engine).
Check these two before you start tearing your hair.
Have you tightened the battery connections? Did you test at the battery terminals or across the leads as they were connected? If you tested on the terminals of the battery, rather than on the leads, it could show 14v for all it mattered, but if the connection was loose or dirty, it still may not start.
Sometimes the basics can be forgotten in a whirl of worrying about other components..
Sometimes the basics can be forgotten in a whirl of worrying about other components..
Last edited by Kwackerz on Sun Jun 29, 2008 7:30 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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What type of clicking are we talking here - is it a single clunk every time you push the button (starter relay) or a rapid clicking?
If it is the latter then this would suggest a lack of battery power. If it is the former then the relay is engaging okay but the starter motor is not getting enough power in which case try cleaning up the two studs on the bottom of the relay and the connection at the starter motor. If that doesn't do the trick try shorting across the two terminals on the bottom of the relay with something hefty and metal (a large spanner willl do the job) - it will spark a bit and you need to make sure that it doesn't weld itself on but if the starter springs into life you need a new starter relay.
If it is the latter then this would suggest a lack of battery power. If it is the former then the relay is engaging okay but the starter motor is not getting enough power in which case try cleaning up the two studs on the bottom of the relay and the connection at the starter motor. If that doesn't do the trick try shorting across the two terminals on the bottom of the relay with something hefty and metal (a large spanner willl do the job) - it will spark a bit and you need to make sure that it doesn't weld itself on but if the starter springs into life you need a new starter relay.
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