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Originally Posted by swpyne
Thanks Harvey, that is certainly food for thought. I'm hesitant to replace the ignition switch and key lock which has been recommended because the problem seems to be related to dissipating power of some kind.
If it "can't" be the battery then what is it that changes when the car is left un-started for several days? It seems logical to me that it's somehow related to "something" losing a charge over time. It's very consistent as far as this goes. If I start it every day it "always" starts. If I leave it for a few days, it doesn't!
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If you have a multi meter, measure the battery voltage, before you start it, when it sits for one day.
Then do it again when it has sat for a few days.
See what the voltage falls to after it has sat for a while.
Normal would be 12.6V full, anything below 11.8V is too low to start.
Edit; I am assuming that you have done the relay mod? If you haven’t, we are wasting our time.
As the battery voltage will be reduced through all the switches that the relay will bypass.
So the battery would only have to drop a small bit, to not have enough to pull the starter solenoid in.
Harvey.