Clicks but will not start

1990 LEXUS LS 400
150,000 MILES • V8 • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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TREYFIGGS
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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
Oct 13, 2018 at 5:29 AM
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ASEMASTER6371
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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
Oct 13, 2018 at 6:10 AM
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TREYFIGGS
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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
Oct 13, 2018 at 7:21 AM
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ASEMASTER6371
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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.
Oct 13, 2018 at 7:51 AM
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