My water pump burst on the highway and I had just enough time to get off before the temperature gauge entered orange. After the burst while I was still driving (not knowing that it had yet burst) all the lights at the bottom of the instrument panel went on and a smoky sweet smell started entering the cabin. I lost all the fluid from the pump from the bearing down and the engine bay was soaked. I got a tow home and started it (after a couple tries) to get up to the end of the driveway. I left it for the week and did the pump job this weekend. After finishing the pump job, I tried to start it up and heard only a "click-click" which I am assuming is the solenoid. If I turn the headlight switch on and crank the ignition, I get a buzzing noise that seems to be coming from a relay? I checked and even changed the distributor cap/rotor to see if there was liquid inside. No liquid in the spark plug wires either. The battery looked fine at 12.5V.

I plan on going through the ignition troubleshooting in Bentley when it's light out and time permits. My guess is it's connected to the starter. Any ideas on what could be wrong or similar experiences? Thanks for the help in advance.

Michel
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Michel Garcia - 1986 240 DL Manual Sedan - Ottawa, Canada