Civic Wont Start , Starter jsut clicking **HELP**
 

i got a 88 civic , since last night my car wont turn over , the starter just clicks and keeps clicking and wont turn the engine , i changed the starter already and the same thing , does any 1 know wha it couuld me any help is appriciated thnks

Check your battery terminal connections.

You're kidding me right? That's simple. Check your battery. Either it's dead because of age or you left a light on and it's been drained to hell.

Check the connections or have it tested.

I can sell you a good used battery for $28.50 if you need one.

tighten the loose battery terminal i saw when you were at my house. I believe it was the positive side.

yeh i tightened everyting battery's good , i tried hotwiring the started still just clicking no idea wha it could be , also checked the grounds , grounds are good 2

Check the grounds to the starter, I had this prob last yr with my integra. Make sure the grounds are solid, and good.

Wiggle the wires around, I swore my grounds were good, my friend wiggled the wires around and it turned out the actual Wire itself was no good!

could be another faulty starter

yeh ill put new ground wires but wha i dont get is that i gave the starter direct power and it was still just clicking so iuno ill give it a try il put new grounds check all the wiring and let u guys know

it could be a faulty starter and its not engaging. try hitting it with something a few times then try and start it

check oil.. i had a 92 hatch civic and it wouldnt start one day and i checked all that..nothing worked then i checked the oil and it for some reason was empty and when i filled it back up.//. up she went

sounds like the solenoid is kicking the gear out but the starter motor isn't spinning the gear

now itworks, iuno wha it was but now the starter works

I Had the same problem in my Da, it use to do the same thing n sometimes it would start but then once in awhile it just didn't want to give me the same reasons as yours i never figured out what it was somebody told me it could have been the relay or something but i ended up swaping the motor n so far i haven't had that problem

Ditto. I picked up my car a few weeks ago and one thing it did was sometimes refuse to turn over. I hear the solenoid click and nothing else. After trying enough times it would go (if the battery wasn't dead yet). After that it would start like new for the rest of the day. Then after sitting again, it'd be a roll of the dice. I installed a rebuilt starter and now it fires on first try.