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Starting problem

bermuditis
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Everytime I turn the ignition on my 2.7 2000 boxster, the oil light and various lights flick on and off and in the engine I hear clicking but no start. Battery is at 3/4 charge, and once or twice it did start and then shut itself off as I put it in reverse. Any Ideas? I did recently change ignition switch as per article in this forum and it was sticking so I lubed after cleaning with automotive electrical parts spray. I got the swith on e-bay. Thanks in advance.

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sounds like the battery to me. i don't think that a 3/4 charge is enough. if it's the original battery, it's 6 years old anyway. pop in a new battery and see if that fixes the problem. if not, i'd start looking at the starter/alternator.

also, with the ignition switch - are you sure you got the right one for your car, and are you sure that the button on the back of the switch is correctly mated to the back of the ignition tumbler? there are a number of posts lately regarding this issue.

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