99 ford Taurus

Asked by Allanf13 Jan 09, 2020 at 12:39 PM about the 1999 Ford Taurus SE

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My engine doesnt start my battery works and all
the power to car does when I turn ignition the
windshield wipers turn on and they are definitely
off the positive wire to the battery gets real hot
and starts to smoke when you go to start the
engine it just makes a single clunky click sound  
what is wrong

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oilyspill answered 4 years ago

Can you turn the crankshaft by hand? The engine isn't seized? I'd probably take the starter motor off, lay it on the ground, hook up jumper cables properly from battery to starter motor, at the least, it should kick out the drive gear and spin, If it won't even do that, something wrong with starter. You want to do voltage drop test on cables and check amp draw during cranking?

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