....on my girlfriends Metro 114SLI!!!!

Its never happened before yesterday.......she drove back from Coventry on Sunday evening no problems. Started it Monday no problems - drove about 40 or so miles that day - lots of stop starts due to her job. Drove home no probs. The car wasnt started all day Tuesday. She started it on yesterday morning no problems - drove to the station & left it there all day until about 5pm. Got in it & it started no problems - drove 5 miles up the road to go the chippy. Got back in it after placing an order......wouldnt start!!!!

I went out to get it going for her & found that all the dash lights seem bright & normal as do the headlights come on fine. When we tried to start it & made a series of loud clicking noises obviously from the starter motor. Smacked the starter wondering if it had stuck - tried again.....no change!!!

Gave the car a push start no problems - I turned it off immediately & tried to start it again - still clicking!!!! So gave it another push start (thank fuck it was only a metro!LOL!) - car drove fine, lights all ok. Drove 5 miles home again. Stopped the car - it started up first time this time no probs. I tested the voltage 14.5 - so it seems to be charging no probs. Left it overnight - tried it this morning & again it started fine!!!

She has complained of a 'screaming' noise occasionally when she tries to start it over the past few weeks.

Would these series of events suggest either....

i.) Bad connection somewhere - alternator, starter??
ii) Battery goosed - not holding charge at times?
iii) Starter motor tired & on its way out??

Is there any way of testing the battery with a multimeter...not just voltage but the quality of it??

Cheers for any help guys!!!

 

 

Bad connection on starter sounds to me mate, what about the back of the clocks? Does it run a similar wiring like a cossie were if the battery light pops, thats in the same circuit?

 

Perfect solution = buy her another car

 

Naah different AFAIK.....the battery light works anyway - its making a contact of sorts - might just swap the starter motor - doesnt look to much of a job tbh!!

 

The car is MINT

Where have you been hiding missy

 

pmsl...hey every girl should have a new car as soon as 1 tiny little thing goes wrong


Here and there ya know

No dont come on here any more really, dont go online at all really, when i do I dont bother with MSN either...i must be getting old you'll have to use that old contraption what do they call it oh ye "a phone" if you miss me

 

LOL! Mintish anyway....good enough for a first car for her to crash & burn!

Kim...... Unless you're gonna stump up the cash for your bum feeling buddy!!!

 

pmsl Lee back at ya. AS IF im gonna stump up anything for you never mind cash

 

Is that why you have loads of cars hun...cause you own a cossie

 

fpmsl got it in one Paul

Shes back on the road now as of last night forgot how much fun they are

the 2k has been abandoned now

 

its deffo the gearbox mate, and it just so happens i got a metro gearbox at home, bought it of martin hadland a year ago for a mate, then his car completely died so didnt fit it lol

what back what i paid of Ł50

 

Becareful hun, the roads are still damp and greasy

 

I know hun firgured that when i got back in her last night she was more tail happy than shes ever been