i was wondering my car was giving me a hard time (running rich problem) and i tried starting my car the next morning and it would crank and then make a clicking sound,

does that mean that my main realy is gone?

 

Is your battery good? It doesn't sound like the main relay is bad...but I could easily be wrong.

 

Sounds like a bad battery

 

Where is the clicking coming from? The starter or from the inside of the car near the glovebox?

If it's your starter then you should either charge the battery or pull the starter and have it checked.

If it's cominng from the inside of the car then it's your relay. A realy will click repidly if there is a bad ground - usually the one on the thermostat housing.

Have you been messin with the car?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sql_civic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">A realy will click repidly if there is a bad ground - usually the one on the thermostat housing.</TD></TR></TABLE>
It will also click rapidly if the batterys bad. Trust me, this happened to me and I thought it was the main relay, turned out to be a uncharged battery.

 

Ya, i had a bad battery couple weeks ago and it would make the clicking sound as soon as i would start the car, i got a new battery and it would start from then on and then couple days ago, i tried to start my car and their was no cranking, NOTHING...( oh ya the clicking was coming from inside the car)

 

The thermostat your talking about is where the ect sensor is located, correct? (it has a green wire and a black wire right?)

 

It's a battery issue. If your battery is new, it's probably a charging system issue - that means alternator to you nooblets.

Jump your car to get it running and then check the output from the alternator.

 

fyi, im no noob, 2nd, i changed my alternator (brand new)