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Originally Posted by cavaliers16
Your worst case scenario could be a dead starter. That's what happened to mine when it died. Has the starter ever not engaged fully when you turn the key to start the car?
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Last time I jumped it, it paused for a split second before turning over. I attributed that to having the cables attached to a solo jump start battery thing (Black and Decker, it was my friend's). Or to the crud that might be interfering with the cables/terminals.
So starters give almost no warning when they die? I kind of thought there might be more of a warning than _that_, but hell, I don't know. Wait, if the starter is dead, won't jumping the car not help? In other words, if I can jump the car, the starter isn't dead, right?
Still planning to clean the terminals tomorrow AM, if I can get that damn negative cable loose....the nut is totally fubared on there and it might be a problem....SERIOUS corrosion to that metal.
What say you wise men about the starter???