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DISCUSSION => Electrical => Topic started by: jimmy55 on January 12, 2008, 02:03:15 PM

Title: Starter/Solenoid 318i (1991)
Post by: jimmy55 on January 12, 2008, 02:03:15 PM

I have a ground on my battery connection at the solenoid. Should that be there?

Title: Starter/Solenoid 318i (1991)
Post by: bmwman91 on January 12, 2008, 03:08:09 PM

Does it work (the starter)?

Title: Starter/Solenoid 318i (1991)
Post by: jimmy55 on January 12, 2008, 04:18:32 PM

yes the starter works. something is killing my battery. also have a ground at fuse 21. i`am trouble shooting that also

Title: Starter/Solenoid 318i (1991)
Post by: bmwman91 on January 13, 2008, 12:27:06 AM

Does your battery light stay on in the gauge cluster after shutting the car off?  If so, you need a new/rebuilt alternator.  That will kill the battery in a jiffy.

If something was shorted on the starter, it would either not work, or blow the 50A fusible link in your trunk (in which case the car would not start, period).  Large short circuits like that cause bigger issues than a drained battery!