Starter relay

Asked by Tep Dec 18, 2015 at 10:19 PM about the 1995 BMW 3 Series 318i Convertible RWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Been looking for a week cannot find starter
relay , checked under dash and hood . Car
won't start lights come on though.

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The battery is there primarily to start the car- as such, it has a big old wire attached directly from the battery to the starter- it needs ALL the current that battery can pump to it- there is no "relay"- why not research what a relay is, and how it functions?

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