# Starter Wiring F'd? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 16, 2008, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-wiring-fd/41919 "2008-01-16T08:21:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-wiring-fd/41919/1 "2008-01-16T08:21:48Z")
I think my starter wiring/solenoid is f’d in my DD civic, and as a result, the starter is acting shady. Sometimes when I try and start the car, it won’t turnover, yet all the lights go on. I hear the fuel pump turn on also, but the starter doesn’t even tick or anything. After awhile; a few minutes and a few tries, it’ll turnover with no problem and I’m on my way. Do you think the wiring for the starter is f’d? Possibly a loose connection on the battery or somewhere? Am I probably right? -adam ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-wiring-fd/41919/2 "2008-01-16T08:22:38Z")
Starter relay? ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-wiring-fd/41919/3 "2008-01-16T08:23:36Z")
Could be overheating causing it not to work. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-wiring-fd/41919/4 "2008-01-16T08:24:49Z")
check for loose / corroded connection. take it off and have advanced / azone test it for free. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-wiring-fd/41919/5 "2008-01-16T08:27:53Z")
If it’s not even clicking then it’s something in the solenoid and not the starter itself. It could be a starter relay. It could be shitty wiring somewhere in the start circuit itself. It could be the ign switch, too. There isn’t much in the starting circuit. Battery -\> fuse -\> switch -\> relay -\> solenoid. If you can, next time it does it, get someone to hold the key ON and check the voltage on the SOLENOID wire. If you have voltage there, it’s the starter solenoid. Sometimes the solenoid itself actually sticks. I used to have to beat on my VW stater to free up the solenoid. ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-wiring-fd/41919/6 "2008-01-16T08:28:52Z")
don replaced the starter for me last year about this time, meh. i’m assuming the starter is fine, just the connections / wiring ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 8:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-wiring-fd/41919/7 "2008-01-16T08:30:01Z")
> [@newman](#): > > If it’s not even clicking then it’s something in the solenoid and not the starter itself. It could be a starter relay. It could be shitty wiring somewhere in the start circuit itself. It could be the ign switch, too. > > There isn’t much in the starting circuit. > > Battery -\> fuse -\> switch -\> relay -\> solenoid. > > If you can, next time it does it, get someone to hold the key ON and check the voltage on the SOLENOID wire. If you have voltage there, it’s the starter solenoid. Sometimes the solenoid itself actually sticks. I used to have to beat on my VW stater to free up the solenoid. Will do, I’m sure as shit it’s going to happen again today, so I’ll get our contracted electrician out to help me ( not like he does anything anyways ). ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 8:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-wiring-fd/41919/8 "2008-01-16T08:30:59Z")
> [@sureshot!](#): > > don replaced the starter for me last year about this time, meh. wiring or solenoid. what newman said. ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-wiring-fd/41919/9 "2008-01-16T08:38:07Z")
> [@Nikuk](#): > > wiring or solenoid. > > what newman said. i cant remember 😢😢 ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-wiring-fd/41919/10 "2008-01-16T08:43:08Z")
> [@sureshot!](#): > > i cant remember 😢😢 no, i was blaming the wiring or solenoid based on the starter being new. ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-wiring-fd/41919/11 "2008-01-16T08:46:08Z")
> [@Nikuk](#): > > no, i was blaming the wiring or solenoid based on the starter being new. Sweet. That’s what I thought originally. ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-wiring-fd/41919/12 "2008-01-16T09:08:09Z")
with the hole you have/had in your exhaust… check to make sure it’s not exhausting directly onto the starter or its wiring. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 9:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-wiring-fd/41919/13 "2008-01-16T09:13:05Z")
ide be willing to bet its just a wire come loose. Happened on mine a while back. ---
**Author:** ![nitroinsane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-wiring-fd/41919/14 "2008-01-16T09:17:10Z")
to check wiring is simple. someone needs to get under the car with a test light. while someone turns the key see if it gets power.most likely its something with the starter/solenoid very commen for it to not do anything at all. ---
**Author:** ![Quattro\_Krant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ac91a4/32.png) [@Quattro\_Krant](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quattro_Krant)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-wiring-fd/41919/15 "2008-01-16T10:25:49Z")
Same thing would happen to me on my 4000 Quattro, it was the wires that went to the selonid. Cut them out, re-soldered in some new fresh wire, and have not had an issue ever since. This right here is reason # 243097548290`750892`475823475893475698073309 why standards are better than auto tranny cars, you can always just pop the clutch to get it going. hell, I drove around for about a year with a non working starter in one of my cars. ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-wiring-fd/41919/16 "2008-01-16T10:33:57Z")
im just gonna do the voltmeter shit later. the hole in my exhaust was too far down to be exiting into the engine bay. i’m expecting it to be the solenoid, now just to find one for less than $40. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-wiring-fd/41919/17 "2008-01-16T11:02:50Z")
is the solenoid on hondas serviceable? I thought it was one unit w/ the starter? ---
**Author:** ![nitroinsane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-wiring-fd/41919/18 "2008-01-16T11:05:57Z")
> [@newman](#): > > is the solenoid on hondas serviceable? I thought it was one unit w/ the starter? its not its on the starter. its not even worth just replacing the solenoid anyways ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-wiring-fd/41919/19 "2008-01-16T11:05:59Z")
> [@newman](#): > > is the solenoid on hondas serviceable? I thought it was one unit w/ the starter? i’ve seen solenoid’s sold for my model car. i’m assuming i can swap them out if necessary. if not? fuck. I have a 2x4 in my car i’ll use to whack it now and then till i get around to fixing it. > [@nitroinsane](#): > > its not its on the starter. its not even worth just replacing the solenoid anyways fuck, really? i just took a look and it seemed like i could work on it. FUCKING DON! ---
**Author:** ![nitroinsane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-wiring-fd/41919/20 "2008-01-16T11:08:34Z")
doesnt this starter have a warranty anyways? [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-wiring-fd/41919.md?page=2)