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You may have a bad starter solenoid. Could maybe be a bad relay also. Check your ground and power wires from your battery to make sure there are no breaks where it could be grounding out. Battery and starter may be good but bad wires won't let it get power to starter.
It is good b/c I took it out and tested it ? How ohm testing ? That's the wrong test to be doing ! Voltage drop testing in the vehicle . Starter Voltage Drop
Make sure battery has a full charge and battery connections all good, on both ends, not just at the battery. I looked at info for 4 cylinder engine. You can see the two fuses, not only check the fuses, use a test light and check voltage at fuse circuit. The main fuse is hot all the time. The starter fuse goes hot with key in start position, so you need a helper to turn the key while you check for voltage at the fuse. At the starter motor, two voltage circuits, one comes from the battery, hot all the time. The other circuit goes hot with key in the start position and is wired through clutch switch and starter relay. The starter motor grounds through the engine block. If good voltage and ground circuits at the starter motor and no action, have to check starter motor and make sure the engine isn't seized. Any testing at starter motor, make sure tranny is in park or neutral and parking brake is set.
make sure all grounds are clean and area of metal that ground wire's bolt to are clean and rust free if that check's out ok there could be a break in a wire going to the starter and most starter's have two wire's going to them and those both need to have power going to them one drop's off when key is turned to starting mode volt meter work's good for this or test light or the starter could be bad
If the battery cables and battery check out fine then test for 12 volts at the signal wire at the starter when the ingnition key is turned to start. If 12 volts is present then the starter is bad or the ground strap from the engine to chassis is not getting a good connection. You can test for the the ground by placing a jumper cable to the negative battery post and the engine.
No 12 volts when cranking? Then check relay or ignition switch.
You can apply 12 volts to the signal wire at the starter to verify it will turn.
Do the interior lights dim when the key is turned to start?
check your fuses/relays for starter,if both are good then check to see if the ground cable is connected to engine block. if that is good then remove starter and jump test to see if it is any good. u can still get a bad starter even if it is new.
If you know how to use a 12volts test light, do this. Ground the light to a good ground. Touch the battery positive, it should light up. Now test the heavy + battery directly on the starter, it should light up;that's the heavy wire coming from the battery positive terminal. Now test the smaller wire on the solenoid which is directly on the starter for power while you have someone cranks the engine. If power, it sounds like a starter problem. Check all fuses with test light. Also the neutral must be considered if the first tests do not work. Keep me updated.
check your starter relay. if the starter passed the test at the shop check to see if you are getting signal to your solenoid on the starter it shoul be the little post when you turn the key to the crank position, check to see if you have power at the big post which comes from your battery, check your grounds. check your fuses see if you have a crank fuse or an ignition fuse.
sounds to me that you have an igniton problem not a starter problem and or if you have or had an alarm system could be cause if u do give me feedback and i will explain but seems that your starter is fine from what u say but if you think in terms of the elemts to start a vehicle batery gives pwoer to ignition which sends to starter which gives spark etc i would check you ignition system something is causeing a short and not alowing starter to function
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