weird starter issue

[John Brandt]

someone in another thread mentioned that his starter died after a DE, and it remeinded me that the same thing happened to me. After a hard session, the starter refused to spin, but worked fine after it cooled down.

Then after a long drive home, this happened again; and again, it fixed itself when the car cooled off.

My Motor's out at the moment, so this would be an opportune time to correct the situation


what say you?

[widebody911]

(*sniff*) mine never came back

[RoninLB]

IMHO...Bosch starter sol. suck. You may only have to replace the sol. , maybe with a better one. IMHO the Bosch star. sol. can't handle the heat.

[Thomas Owen]

Problem is at least the solenoid, possibly the starter as well. Over time they break down with heat.
Good luck

[radcon]

I had this same problem a couple years ago when I first bought my car. After getting stranded several times, I decided it was time for a fix. I got a remote solenoid kit from Performance Products. Cost like $20 or 30 I think. After I opened the box, I was highly disappointed. All it was was a external 12v solenoid like you would find on any old car or piece of farm or construction equipment. Should be able to find one at most auto parts or large equipment dealers for cheap. The kit also included a couple lengths of wire that were nothing special. Just use common sense and trace out the wires and you can wire up the new solenoid yourself. Basically, you are just removing the wires from the existing solenoid and extending them so they will reach the remote solenoid. Simple.

[John Brandt]

radcon,

That sounds like a good idea. Where's you attach the unit?

[radcon]

I think the instructions said to locate the remote solenoid as far as you can from the engine to minimize the heat it's exposed to. If I recall correctly, I mounted mine on the vertical portion of the rear seat passengers footwell, on the outside of the car of course, if that description makes any sense. I think that got it about a foot to 1 1/2 feet from the previous location. Haven't had any problems since. Before that I had already replaced the engine to chassis ground strap, the electrical portion of the ignition switch, and neither one of those helped the hot starting issue.

[avendlerdp]

I just had and fixed this exact problem! Car would start fine unless I just drove a long time on the hi-way then, nada. I pulled the starter and unsoldered the endcap on the solenoid, then used a flat file and refaced the contacts on the plunger. Using a small round headed grindstone I cut down the contacts in the well of the solenoid, blew it all clean, carfully lubed and reassembled. Make sure to do a good soldering job on the connection and you are done. Once it was together I tested it using jumpers from the battery. It worked! I have since tryed to get it to fail and it will not. Seems like dirt and corrosion can cause the thing to eat s--t when hot. Via con dios, Alex.