My 87 2.3l wont turn over. Just makes clickn sound. Solenoid, alternator, battery, sgarter all good. Also replaced grounds. Cant jump it either. Any ideas? TIA

 

Welcome to the forum

Engine is seized...................if "Solenoid, alternator, battery, starter all good"

If its a manual trans you can try to "bump" start it

 

Thx for reply, Motor isnt seized, able to turn it by hand. I am able to push start as well, just no cranking

 

Thx for reply, Motor isnt seized, able to turn it by hand. I am able to push start as well, just no cranking

 

Very Strange. Do a load test on the battery. Dead cell?
I suspect its bad.

 

Very, very strange! Had my interstate battery checked twice!

 

Who checked it?
How old is it?
What is the resting voltage?
What is the voltage when trying to crank the motor?

 

Dealership, 2 yrs old, 11.8 volts resting. 4.6 volts trying to start

 

Plus it wont start when jumped. I disconnected battery and hooked leads to my car battery and still does same thing.

 

Battery is toast with those voltages. Get a new battery, cant diagnose problems with those readings.

 

So why does it do the same thing when i try to jump with cables off and hooked to diff battery?

 

because the battery in your truck is so dead it's taking all the electricity, leave the jumper cables hooked up for an hour, then try to start it.

and seeing you are able to push start it, my guess is your alternator is also bad.

 

But i hav the cables off my battery and jumpered to my other vehicle battery and still the same. Sorry for the dumb questions😁

 

I would suspect your starter is bad too.
Hook an ammeter to it and see how many amps its drawing.
Take it to a repair shop and have it diagnosed.

 

Its only year old, but i will chk it again. Thx for yr continued help! Much appreciated!!

 

Battery is B A D, bad

New battery is 12.8volts to 13.0volts
3 year old battery is 12.5volts
5/6 year old battery is 12.3volts and time to shop for battery sales

12.2volts or lower is a done battery
12.0v or lower may or may not start engine, but "not start" would be the favorite

 

t can only be 1 or 2 things, Battery or starter.

 

Put brand new starter in it

 

RESULTS?

 

First of all thank you for the input. Been crazy busy. With alot of bitchn i got a new battery even though they didnt want to becauae it tested good. Fired right up!😁 But now i hav a high idle and it bogs down on xcelleration. Timing set, iac cleaned. Any ideas?