Odd ticking noise
I've got a weird problem. Months ago I discovered already that with the key in off position, there was a 0,6 Ampere current draw. I also noticed my new battery went a bit low on Voltage with short drives and more days of no starts then usual, it was over just over 12 usually and now had dropped to 11 and I still didn't worry too much about it.
Today I was working under the car where I could see the starter. I heard a ticking like if a penlite powered cheap kitchen clock was hidden somewhere. However it sounded like it was running twice as fast. This is what the sound closely resembles to.
That is pretty weird already, so I started looking for what would be clicking, so I checked all relay boxes under the bonnet, including the ABS and then checked the fusebox that is holding some relays too at the passenger seat and I listened to the ECU and ABS computer. The sound is not audible inside the car, it is only audible under the hood. Depending on what I could hear, because the sound itself is hard to locate, it was most audible with my ears above the fuel rail and under the engine close to the starter. At the battery it was less audible then at the ABS relay box.
So I was like wtf? Could it be the starter relay? It is too faint for that and too fast and my battery seems to hold out atleast a few days. So I started pulling one of those 2 wires at the big plus connector at the battery. The blue one made the clicking stop. Reconnecting it made it not come back. (The blue wire pulled also makes the blower stop and the car cranks but it won't start).
Then I've put the ignition in to christmas lighting position, waited a while and turned it to the off postion again. No ticking noise. After about 10 seconds the ticking noise was there again. So I pull the blue wire again and put it back. This keeps repeating itself.
What could be causing this?
Today I was working under the car where I could see the starter. I heard a ticking like if a penlite powered cheap kitchen clock was hidden somewhere. However it sounded like it was running twice as fast. This is what the sound closely resembles to.
That is pretty weird already, so I started looking for what would be clicking, so I checked all relay boxes under the bonnet, including the ABS and then checked the fusebox that is holding some relays too at the passenger seat and I listened to the ECU and ABS computer. The sound is not audible inside the car, it is only audible under the hood. Depending on what I could hear, because the sound itself is hard to locate, it was most audible with my ears above the fuel rail and under the engine close to the starter. At the battery it was less audible then at the ABS relay box.
So I was like wtf? Could it be the starter relay? It is too faint for that and too fast and my battery seems to hold out atleast a few days. So I started pulling one of those 2 wires at the big plus connector at the battery. The blue one made the clicking stop. Reconnecting it made it not come back. (The blue wire pulled also makes the blower stop and the car cranks but it won't start).
Then I've put the ignition in to christmas lighting position, waited a while and turned it to the off postion again. No ticking noise. After about 10 seconds the ticking noise was there again. So I pull the blue wire again and put it back. This keeps repeating itself.
What could be causing this?