tak!

[2004]

please help! following your...orders, i changed out all my spark plugs & wires, but the same problem remains: everytime i try to turn my car engine on, i can hear a "tak!", and then silence! it happens maybe 8x/10. i must turn my car on/off for about 3-6 times before the car starts! please: what is the problem? thanks
http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/9194/imgp0526m.jpg

[PhatRoyale]

Have you checked the starter solenoid and contact points?

Have you tried putting the old plugs and wires back in?

[scoutsout]

This may sound stupid because I don't know how many post you put on here and what was said, but have you tried tightening your batt cables? Thats where I would start. Are they corroded? Then if that's not it and you have already put new plugs and wires in, did you put the proper gap on the spark plugs? .0314? Or something like that, haynes has the correct gap. And I didn't even know there was a solenoid on the 8th gen. Well I never looked for one.

[glow-plug]

Judging by the photo, one should remove and clean the battery connections and inspect the cables also remove and clean the ground connection and even the connection at the starter.

[scoutsout]

Originally Posted by glow-plug

Judging by the photo, one should remove and clean the battery connections and inspect the cables also remove and clean the ground connection and even the connection at the starter.

How can you tell that by the pics he posted?

[2004]

Originally Posted by PhatRoyale

Have you checked the starter solenoid and contact points?
first: THANKS! please what's a starter solenoid & contact points? thanks

Have you tried putting the old plugs and wires back in?
please tell me why? i heard the same "tak" noise before with those old plugs & wires!...

Originally Posted by scoutsout

This may sound stupid because I don't know how many post you put on here and what was said, but have you tried tightening your batt cables? Thats where I would start. Are they corroded? Then if that's not it and you have already put new plugs and wires in, did you put the proper gap on the spark plugs? .0314? Or something like that, haynes has the correct gap. And I didn't even know there was a solenoid on the 8th gen. Well I never looked for one.

thanks for the advice!
1.yes they are firmly attached to the battery.
2. no, the battery is new.
3.oh no! somebody here told me all the new spark plugs are PRE-GAPPED, and no need for a gauge, etc. so i returned all the gauges several days ago! my plugs are made by nkg btw

Originally Posted by glow-plug

Judging by the photo, one should remove and clean the battery connections and inspect the cables also remove and clean the ground connection and even the connection at the starter.

thanks for the advices! ok i will clean them... with water? if yes, hot or cold or warm, please? and please where is located the starter please?

Originally Posted by scoutsout

How can you tell that by the pics he posted?

i cliked "thanks" not for your advice, but for your joke! i posted many pictures of my car on the forum last week!

[PhatRoyale]

Some reading for you:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starter_solenoid

http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/maintenance/starter/


Oh and please do not quadruple post next time.

[scoutsout]

You would clean 'em with a Coke. The carbonated water cleans off the corosion, if any. Or you can buy a batt cable/post brush. Or use a wire brush to get the corosion off. BTW, should've known you posted pics earlier.

[glow-plug]

Originally Posted by scoutsout

How can you tell that by the pics he posted?

Mostly by the obvious surface corrosion on the clamp for the AC line and the brake line distribution block on the firewall.

Clean with coke (?) or a wire brush, if necessary coat with die-electric grease. The battery connections should be removed inspected and cleaned with a battery brush ~2$.
example:
http://www.harborfreight.com/4-in-1-...ush-45339.html

[glow-plug]

Even better:
http://www.harborfreight.com/battery...ner-94450.html