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i went to do a river crossing that was pretty deep i know it well and the car stalled , the water was flowing over my lap with the doors closed ha ha any hoo now the car won't start by itself , i had the starter rebuilt only a couple of weeks before and the battery still shows that its got full charge but the starter don't flick on when you hit the key but when the car is running and you hit the key it fires in ?? so that has got me thinking battery??

any help please?

damo

check power is getting to the starter and the solinoid

is it out of the water yet?

is it out of the water yet?

nicbeer wrote:check power is getting to the starter and the solinoid

yeh i thought that but when the car is running after a roll start the starter engages when you hit the key while running

check the wireon the starter. the push on wire can corode and cause problem starting. mine does this sometimes.

B4T

to test if its the solonoid next time u got to start it and it wont, get a screwdriver and contact it across the 2 positive terminals of the starter. if it goes then all u need to do is add a relay to the trigger (spade connection wire). the others have said this can get corroded and loose good conectivity over time.

Last time I drownd mine, I changed all the oils etc but didnt think about the steering box. When I replaced it because it was jamming up, it was full of water.

Is the motor full of water? Have you removed the spark plugs to blow out any water that may have got in there to prevent hydraulicing the motor?

GRPABT1 wrote:Is the motor full of water? Have you removed the spark plugs to blow out any water that may have got in there to prevent hydraulicing the motor?

Apparently it starts and runs ok with a roll start...

I DID THE SAME THING AND JUST GOT A NEW ONE,,SAVE YOUR SELF A HEADACHE,,

i did however do it with the new one and it played up for awhile but came good after a few weeks so see how you go

you will find that you have water in your solinoid, tends to get a bit of corrosion on them and it will not throw it in, only way to fix it is to replace it, but a quick fix is to give the solinoid a light tap (I said tap) with a hammer (hard thing) this should free it up for a start...
Give it a try...
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