C20xe starter

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I am having real problems with my car, i have put a post up about the battery cutting out my car

"I have a 2000 reg 12v corsa b with a early xe in it, it has been running in the car for over a year now. the other day i was having problems with the starter, at first it was just clicking when i was trying to start it, my first thought was my batter was on its way with the cold weather affecting it, there was no dimming of the dash light just flickering, it started right up after 4 or 5 goes, the next morning it happened aegean but did not want to start, this time it was cutting all the electric's from the car, ignition was fine and as soon as i went to start the car, everything in the car cut out for 20/30 seconds, i gave it a jump and it started right up and ran fine.

so i was thinking i need a new batter because it might not have enough current to turn the engine, got a brand new bosch one and the same thing is happening, as soon as a go to start the car, it cuts everything out, i thought i would try the light and indicators so when i did, it is cutting the full car out as-well!! my head is in a real pickle as it just happened over night! nothing new has change to the car that i have done.

i am now thinking there is a ground problem some were, could that be right, any specific place to look, could it be a short circuit some were!? and anything off the top of your heads were it could be.

As much feed back as possible will be gate as at this time of the year the car is more needed than normal."

NOW:
I have tracked it down to a problem in the loom that runs from the drivers foot well to the engine bay, i pulled it all thru and never came across any problems. done some tests an got a good signal an looked like that was it.

once i connected everything back up turned it on and it was all working fine, took it out a run and it was grate, started and stopped it a lot, filled her up and it was all working tip top, nothing strange.

went to go to work this morning and it is back to square one, it just made a clicking/ticking sound, (Almost like a spark sound), as i went to start it, did not crank over once! then all the electrics cut, the starter dose not respond at all, i have disconnected the battery and it is still the same, some times the dash lights are on when i reconnect it but as soon as i go to start it, everything cuts.

Could it be the solenoid in the starter be jamming or short circuiting and tripping the car about because of the current it pulls from the battery.

[lee303]

could be the earth strap from the gearbox to the chassis, or front he battery itself to the chassis, fairly common, can also look fine but need replacing, try hooking a jump lead from the engine block to the battery negative and try it then, if that doesn’t work try from the battery itself to a good chassis ground point