hiya guys, at a real loose end. Could really do with some help. i have a ford galaxy 2.3 ghia t reg.
form the begiining.
i was driving on motorway and then power went. everything stopped and got it to side of road. Tried starting it and it turned over nicely but no firing up. The aa came out and kept trying and they found there was no power to the fuel pump switch (ineartha). towed it to a ford dealers in bishops stortford and they had it for 18 days. They removed the aftermarket alarm and checked the relays. the car now doesn't even turn over but this could be the battery cos nothing works in the car now. After 18 days they wanted to charge me £1800 for diagnosis fee. told them to swivel as they hadnt diagnosed it. got the car back home and searched online. Relay 30 kept coming up so i ordered one and replaced it. charged the battery up after it being dead for 2 monthes. The fuel pump now makes a sound but still not turning over. Theres power to the starter motor and i gave the coil a little knock but still nothing.
Tried jump starting and no turning over. Tried bump starting and nothing again. Ford left all the fuse box hanging down so i can get to all the relays. checked them all, all the fuses are fine. checked cables, fine. Had a look at the ignition barrel and it seems it has been changed. as turn the key one click, two click and then third click makes a spark sound.
I.m literally at a loose end and really don't want to get rid of the car as its not worth much scrap and its the first car i really enjoy driving. Please any advice or help would be greatly apprteciated. Thank you and look forward to the replies
Hi... having the same issue. Did you manage to fix it?
I have tried various things.... to the point I've managed to get it to crank but not with the key alone.
Replaced all the relays, fuses, checked all the earth connections, fully charged the battery, etc etc.
What I ended up doing to get it to crank over it by wedging the key in the crank position, disconnecting the plug from the starter motor that appears to receive signal from the key, connected my light screwdriver to the + terminal of the battery and tapping on the connector in the plug, at which point my screwdriver flashed but failed to stay on unless I connected it to ground or - terminal of battery. Upon reconnecting the plug to the starter. The engine cranked. Upon cranking I thought... "aha! Perfect it works." So proceeded to try it with the key alone and it didn't work. The only way I can get it to crank is by recreating the same thing that got it to crank on the first place. So upon cranking i decided to check for spark... no spark... so all together. I have a galaxy that won't crank by the key, won't spark and thus won't start....
So I refer to my original question, did you manage to fix it? If not... doesn't anyone have any idea how I could fix mine?
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