This sounds like your battery is too weak to turn the starter (therefore the solenoid just clicks, since the battery is so weak, the lights flicker as well).
Are the battery connections clean and tight? Also are the chassis and engine grounds clean and tight? --- Mark W Ingold <[email protected]> wrote: > NEW PROBLEM: > I turn the key and I hear the starter solenoid makes a very rapid > clicking noise (I think that the solenoid is causing the noise). > The > cluster lights blink rapidly along with the solenoid. The starter > never > engages. Tonight, I also heard the fuel pump relay buzzing as well. > Anyone have any ideas? I'd really like to fix this problem > tomarrow. I > can always push start the car, but I don't want to resort to that. > Especially on a 1000k mile trip across the country. ===== Matthew Yip http://www.geocities.com/mgyip/ '81 Rabbit diesel - '87 GTi 16v "General Li" - '88 M5 - '99 F350 psd __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
