[MOST WANTED]

hi i am new to the site but i have just bought a 92 cavalier gsi but i am having trouble starting it it turns over and fires but when it finally starts the starter continues to turn even after i have took the key out of the ignition.:grrr
i have been told it is the solonoid on the starter and i have also been told it could be the starter relay but i hav'nt a clue where it is positioned in the car can anyone help with my little problem wether it be finding the relay or solving the problem altogether :grrr

 

[Dippy]

Have you had a look at the ignition switch on the back of the barrel?

 

[MOST WANTED]

yes i have changed that one cause i had another from a gsi 4x4 that had been scrapped but it did'nt seem to solve the problem and i have changed all the relays i can find

 

[Dippy]

So have you got spare starter and relay lying around. Alls i can say its going to be trail and error so start with the easiest and cheapest.

 

[MOST WANTED]

i hav'nt got a spare starter but i have took the starter off i and it works fine running off a battery pack and i have got loads of relays but none of them seem to effect the problem i have but if i can could find the starter relay that might solve it but i will be buggered if i can find it but i have only had the car two days so i guess i'll keep looking thanks

 

[Dippy]

Theres another box of tricks above the fuse box, then another by the n/s suspension turret.

 

[MOST WANTED]

yeah i have checked all the ones above the fuse box and i hav'nt got anything at all in the box by the nearside suspension strut its just an empty box. i think i will go and get another starter tomorrow just in case it is the solonoid

 

[cavgsi4x4]

mine did the same thing it was solved by changing the ignition switch which, i might add ran through the alarm?, just thinking if you have the same problem replacing it won't solve it. in the end i cut a wire and put in a manual overide because the ignition stayed on when started and burned out three motors, get a test probe and check the barrel again the last wire on the barrel should go out when the key is released after starting the engine.

 

[MOST WANTED]

can you remember what wire you cut to overide it and what did you override was it the alarm

 

[cavgsi4x4]

can you remember what wire you cut to overide it and what did you override was it the alarm

i cut the last wire on the igni barrell and bought two extended wires down to a switch and after car started each time turned the switch off to isolate the connection