help my car only starts by the key every now and again,, i can go to the car and it will start fine with the key, then if i turn it off and try again after a journey, it wont start with the key! i need to start it with a button start.. its very random!!! cheers dave

 

Starter motor goosed....

 

cant be as it starts with the button start..

 

Scrap it

 

class

 

yet another post been turned into a piss take!!!!!

 

Check the connections on the ignition switch, could have a poor connection or faulty switch causing excess voltage drop. Also worth looking where the button start is wired into, make sure the connections/joints are ok.

 

on your starter motor you have two wires one main power feed and the other one which will be the problem is connected to the starter motor solenoid. first time you start the car or if its left for a while it will start but if you stop then try to start it straight away it wont start. i bet the stud the wire connected onto is loose the heat from the exhaust down pipe always causes this to happen. only remedy for this is to somehow weld the stud or buy a new starter motor and heat wrap the down pipe.

 

mate.........calm down it was a joke.

And as for the comment............was i or was i not trying to help you on this thread which you just stopped replying to.........

https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...light=#3450940

 

yeah sorry mate

 

So anyway.................back to the question in hand. Thsi switch and relay assembly. Where do the wires from the relay contacts join to on the cars wiring

 

ok yeah the cranking live goes to the wires on the ignition switch, so obviously this shows that the problem is further up the wires i.e. the switch?

 

I have the same problem at the moment. After a good run 'sometimes' the car doesn't start. I just had the self-starter serviced after re-building the engine, so I was going to give a try by disconnecting the cold start valve. i'm suspecting it might be causing a fault... we'll see