Problems hot starting
Discussion
Has anyone else ever come across a problem where after a hard run for a fair time (say a couple of hundred motorway speed miles) if they switch off but then try to restart bugger all happens no click no nothing. If I then leave the car for half an hour or pop the bonnet to let it cool quicker every thing is back to normal and tickerdy boo.
Initial suspicions are that my starter motor is on its way out and has been "cooked" by the under bonnet temps!
Initial suspicions are that my starter motor is on its way out and has been "cooked" by the under bonnet temps!
Sounds like a classic hot start problem,
See www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=33199&f=8&h=0&hw=hot+start
Or do a search using hot, you'll find loads and loads.
See www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=33199&f=8&h=0&hw=hot+start
Or do a search using hot, you'll find loads and loads.
It is not just starter motors that cook under the bonnet...I suggest that after a hot run it pays to open the bonnet and let the engine run until the fans switch off then turn the ignition off and leave the bonnet open until everything is cool.
I have seen "Simpo One" suggest the same procedure completely independantly of the "Toffer" and I smiled when I read that he did the same as me...either we are both old farts or we are doing something right?
I have seen "Simpo One" suggest the same procedure completely independantly of the "Toffer" and I smiled when I read that he did the same as me...either we are both old farts or we are doing something right?
It is a good way to flatten the battery. Leaving the ignition on can damage the ignition components according to some. The water is not circulating so that all that happens is the rad gets cold while the engine stays hot. This creates quite a thermal mismatch which is not good by some accounts.
Yep happened to me a few of months after purchasing the Banana got caught out on my mayes wedding day, me and another usher went in the Griffith to pick up a load of bouquets of flowers and it wouldnt start.WE looked a couple of prize loonies as we sat there waiting for it to cool down with flowers all around us chatting away.
Change it and dont forget to add the Heat shield stuff. after checking connections en all first
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Change it and dont forget to add the Heat shield stuff. after checking connections en all first
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