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GQ Starter motor issues
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:36 pm
by Jimbo
Over the past year my starter has started to crank over a lot slower and the volt metre shows a much bigger voltage drop than usual. I first thought it was the battery (4 years old) so i replaced it the other day (760cca) and its exactly the same.
Is my starter on its ay out? Anything i can do to help/fix?
cheers
james
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 3:45 pm
by ozy1
could be a bad connection, corrosion on the main cable from the battery to starter solenoid, id check them first before rippin it out and having it checked,
if your hand with a multimeter disconnect battery and check the resistance between positive battery terminal and starter solenoid, could also be a bad connection in the solenoid itself,
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:51 am
by murcod
A bigger voltage drop would suggest more current is being drawn (and would tend to rule out a bad connection somewhere.)
Re: GQ Starter motor issues
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:21 pm
by jessie928
Jimbo wrote:Over the past year my starter has started to crank over a lot slower and the volt metre shows a much bigger voltage drop than usual. I first thought it was the battery (4 years old) so i replaced it the other day (760cca) and its exactly the same.
Is my starter on its ay out? Anything i can do to help/fix?
cheers
james
mud kills GQ starters
sounds like your starter has been full of mud at some stage.
Jes
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:43 pm
by hammey
possible siezed brush
just pull it apart..
I've had my TD starter apart now 4 times unsiezing brushes
cheers smitty
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:13 pm
by brad-chevlux
mine was slugish. new battery didn't help at all.
New earth cable and new power cable to the starter, now it just about turns its self inside out when you hit the key.
At the same time i fitted a high quality cable from the alternator to the battery (parallel to the original), picked up 0.5V when measured at the battery.