Trouble Starting
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Trouble Starting
Ok so if I dont start my car for a day or two and i go to start it it has trouble starting... Like sometimes the starter wont engage and it almost sounds like there isn't enough power in the battery to crank it... but when i check my voltmeter to the battery i have a perfect 12-12.5 volts in there... I am pondering if it is the ignition coil that could be the problem or if it could be the starter.... Such a pain in the @$$....
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What kind of noise does it make when it won't start? If your battery is good, I would be leaning towards the starter. Mine took a dump after only like 30k miles. My original battery is still going strong 5 years later. It even started when it was below 0 last week.
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Well that didn't sound exactly like mine when it went bad. Mine would sometimes not start the first time you turned the key. Sometimes I could hear a "grinding" noise and it would not start. Every time it did not start if I turned the key to off then tried to start it again it would. Still think its your starter.
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yup usually ALWAYS started in like 2-3 cranks when its cold and like 1 or 2 when its warm out.... idk.... I think ill just replace the starter and then prolly the ignition coil.... anyone have any suggestions on where to go for a new (NON-REMANUFACTURED) starter? for a reasonable price? AND btw she only started so quick b/c i started her like 20 min before....
Last edited by Izero; Jan 18, 2009 at 11:56 PM.
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Yea dude sounds like your starter to me. Brushes are probably worn down to where there not passin the current efficently through the bendix of the starter< causing it to drag, then spin up and start the engine
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thats what i was thinking b/c I KNOW she's getting enough juice its just not passing through the starter.... so its gotta be.... which is gonna be a pain in the *** to change in this effin' cold
