06-08-12, 10:35 PM
(06-08-12, 10:17 PM)His Dudeness link Wrote: could be that the starter motor itself is getting stuck. as a simple test try pressing the starter button and keep the button pressed in and give the starter motor a few knocks with a hammer and see if it frees up. if it does then you'll have to take the motor out and give it a clean and you might get away with that
Wouldn't have thought so as I've disconnected the starter motor from the starter relay and the relay is still making the rattle-snake ticking when when the starter button is pressed. It's def something electrical, relay or wiring. In the back of my mined I'm thinking it's the System 3 alarm/immobiliser. The alarm disarms when you press the fob, you turn the ign on and you get all the right noises, fuel pump ticking, starter circuit cut off relay tick pause then another tick, like if should. However the alarm re-arms itself even with the ign on which it should not. This means the alarm is not detecting ign on.