206 won't turn over

How do you know the leads are ok? when it has happened to me in the past, it has generally been resolved by tapping/re-securing the connection to the battery. On one other instance, I had trouble with an earth connection down near the solenoid, and on another occasion, a sticky solenoid. With the latter, a thump with a hammer generally released it (until some months later I got around to replacing the starter).

Thanks for the replies. The battery leads are securely fixed and are clean (at the battery end anyway). I did the thing with the lights but they didn't go dim when I turned the key. The annoying thing is that the car starts perfectly now after bump starting it. It did the same thing a few weeks ago but after trying 7 or 8 times it suddenly turned over

Just a educated guess,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Sounds like your going to need a starter motor soon,, Fitzy

If the lights don't dim then current is not going through the starter for one of various reasons. Burnt out armature winding, worn brushes not making contact, solenoid not making contact, a broken lead between battery and starter, pre-engaged fork not operating etc. etc.

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Thanks for the help, I've just had it checked over and it seems to be the starter. Oh well, more expense. Cheers

Ring round different shops that sell car parts. you will be saving money by doing that.

Probably looking at £30 repair, or £70 replacement. ??what about eBay ?? Fitzy

I need it doing really quick though and it looks like I'm going to have to pay handsomely for the privelage. Sod's law though that I'll have the starter replaced and in a few weeks time the f***er will break down again.

Optimism is a wonderful thing my friend, Cars where basically designed to breakdown, even RRoyce, we just hope they don't !!! Fitzy