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    Clicking sound from dash while bump starting?

    The other day I got bold and placed my mirage in neutral and shut off the engine for a long coast. When I went to restart the engine I placed the shifter into a gear lower than my speed would normally put me in and slowly started releasing the clutch.

    As the engine began to spool up I heard several clicks coming from the dashboard area. The engine turned over amd began running normally amd i continued on my way. It did this again last night when I did the same thing driving home.

    Any idea what it is?



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    I know what you're speaking of; sounds like a relay engaging. I think it's for the electric power steering (which deactivates when the engine is dead).

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    Yep, electric relay sound. Well said. I bet that's it.

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    I bump start in 5th gear down to about 7 mph. Remember to never touch the gas pedal until the engine is running. Fuel injected cars don't like that.

    The noise in a relay.

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