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Level 2 User Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 44

put petrol in the car and got in to start nothing all the dash lights work put the key in i can hear the fuel pump go but thats it Confused

could it be the startermotor,imm help please

Level 10 User Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 620

does it turn over at all?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

starter solenoid wire has either fallen off or broken.

if its a a newish clio/megane the wire will have fallen off, grab it and squeeze the spade up a bit to make it a tight fit.

If its broken off fit a new spade.

Site Subscriber Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 2317

Chris H wrote:

starter solenoid wire has either fallen off or broken.

if its a a newish clio/megane the wire will have fallen off, grab it and squeeze the spade up a bit to make it a tight fit.

If its broken off fit a new spade.

Ahhhh....I remember many a happy 15 minutes sat on the engine in a petrol forcort with my hand down the back of the engine trying now to burn myself on the manifold!

Be prepeared for funny looks.

Level 2 User Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 44

it does not turn over.all the lights work and every thing else does anyone have a pic of where the startermotor is????????????

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

starter motor is to the right off the zort manifold and should be under a heatsheild then bolted to the Gear Box

Level 2 User Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 44

is it easy to get to and do u have any pics please cheers matey

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

ooooo 2 secs

Level 2 User Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 44

is it at the back of the engine?

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

see the heat sheild under the manfold? and a bolt it the middle of the pic? thas 1 of the bolts 2 it

then the 2 bolt in line in this picy? the one on the right is the 1 in the first picy and the there is one more straight below it
think thats um all good luck

my bay is empty at the mo still working on it today so you will need 2 move a fw things first

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Can you please post the proper pics?

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

im sorry about the pics my fone is all i got and aint the best 1mp and all i am getting a proper didgi camera soon as i can

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

All you need to do is take the .th out of the url you're posting!

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

thanks!!!!!

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Thats better isn't it Laughing

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Level 2 User Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 44

thats a better pic cheers

Level 1 User Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 31

Had the battery connector off to check some radio wiring on the radio (a whole other world of hurt-anybody know anything about the mehgane ph1 radio wiring, diagrams?) and when I reinstalled the battery connector and went to start the car-zippo, nada, zilch! I panicked a bit and wondered had I blown the sh!t out of an ECU or summat but I looked at the battery connector and it was heavily calcified. Cleaned it all down with a wire brush and it started on the button. The odd thing is that there was enough current passing through to iluminate the dash and give me interior lights-which all went ut as soon as I went to start the engine. Weird but worth a shot as this happened to me before in an old mitsubishi colt and it was exactly the same symtoms.

Level 2 User Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 44

sorted it was the wire on the starter motor thanks for all your help guys
bbracer16valver cheers for the pics matey helped me right out matey Wink

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

what are you trying to do to the radio murph?

Level 10 User Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 620

bodging wires together lol