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    Turn key and click

    So the battery's are good fully charged.
    But over the last week the 840 will start first time or just go click after a few goes it will start.
    Yesterday IT CLICKED BUT WILL NOT START I HAD TO PUSH IT OUT OF THE WAY TO GET MY OTHER CAR OUT. I turned the key again and it started.
    WHAT DO I NEED TO LOOK AT?

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    Can be repaired, we polished the solenoid , or the internals are still plastic, later they changed to metal, all pics here http://e32b12.blogspot.com/search/label/Starter
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    Start with Cheap and Easy

    Check Fusible Links in the trunk first, Check and clean all the ground and connections under the hood. Mine did the same and it was the main ground from the motor mount to the body that I had failed to tighten enough after swapping motor mounts.

    Pulling the starter in the V12 is difficult I assume it is the same in the 840

    Use a multimeter to make sure you have power going down to the starter

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    Check the battery connections are they tight

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    The mentioning of the fusible links by rjablo reminds me of a case 10 years ago a friend has with his E31 850, similar symptoms, sometimes engine started immy, sometimes when he for example went shopping and wanted to start again, it just clicked. I also asked then in the German forum, there they mentioned ignition switch and fusible links. Ignition switch was changed, nothing changed, then we checked the fusible links, one had a haircrack and apparently sometimes worked and sometimes not, maybe temp dependent, changed the fusible link and all was o.k.
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    I had the fusible link issue in one of mine as well, would just click and never attempt to turn over. Fusible links looked fine and couldn’t even see the any cracks. Changed both up and all good, fired right up.

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    Thanks for the INFO
    Have looked at earths.
    The Fusible Links in the trunk any more info on that which ones?

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    Last edited by shogun; 02-18-2020 at 08:07 AM.
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