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Help! Starter clicking after pcm reset!!! Urgent!

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Old 01-20-2013, 03:58 AM
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Default Help! Starter clicking after pcm reset!!! Urgent!

So I tried touching the two battery cables together to reser the pcm, as I have read lots of post recommending that for fixing high idle. After doing this I realised that the high idle is because I was low on coolant, for some reason it does that whenever the coolant level drops to a certain point. But now my starter goes click click click... What did I distroy? Its the same sound you get when the battery is flat but it isnt. I put a charger on the battery just in case.
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A **** poor connection will cause a starter to just "click".
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It was working fine until I tried to reset the pcm..
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Did you remove both battery cables from the battery? Did you clean the cable ends and posts before you reattached them?
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"After doing this I realised that the high idle is because I was low on coolant, for some reason it does that whenever the coolant level drops to a certain point."
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Bad battery connection
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The issue with the idle is fixed, filled up the coolant.
Starter clicking befause of snow and ice on the terminals
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