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Clicks but will not start

Tiny
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  • 1990 LEXUS LS 400
  • V8
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 150,000 MILES
Read some of your post and you seem very smart so I hope you can help me. I have the car listed above. Battery reads 12 but when I go to start it just clicks. The last day or so it has been harder to start. Any ideas? Could it be the starter? And how could I test that? Thank you.

Trey
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Saturday, October 13th, 2018 AT 12:29 PM

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Tiny
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Good afternoon.

Check the battery again. It needs to be 12.6 . If it is 12 volts, the battery is dead.

That would account for the clicking.

Roy

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-battery-load-test

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-a-car-alternator
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Saturday, October 13th, 2018 AT 1:10 PM
Tiny
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Roy, if lights and everything work could it still be the battery? I hope so. I really do not want to take the whole intake off just for the starter. Thank you
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Saturday, October 13th, 2018 AT 2:21 PM
Tiny
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It does not take much to turn in lights but it takes a lot for the starter.

Check the battery first.
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Saturday, October 13th, 2018 AT 2:51 PM

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