My starter is acting up in the cold. The symptoms are as follows. Last
week, temp in the low teens in the AM, the starter engages the flywheel
and stops, will not disengage. Rock the car to get it frre and try again.
After several tries it finally works. This has ahappened a couple of
times in the last week, in the mornings. After driving the car the
starter works just dandy. However last night, after I went to dinner I
went to startt the car and nothing, no spinnig of the starter, no
clicking of the solenoid, nothing. Pushed it to get it started, runs just
dandy. Drove home and tried it a couple of times while rolling (just in
case) and all was well. Got home last night and plugged in the magnetic
heater and slapped it on the oil pan and this AM all was right with the
world. Started right up.
So anyway, there is definately something wrong. I am having a hard time
getting the car to start after it cold soaks for a couple of hours. I am
not sure if it is the starter (although the not releasing from the
flywheel suggests that is at least a part of it) or the solenoid, the bit
about not even engaging or clicking last night.
I know it is not the battery, I checked.
Any ideas?? Or do I just get a new starter?
Larry
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Administrator/Manager
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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