Challenging Question for Technical PPL
Submitted: Tuesday, Dec 21, 2004 at 14:25
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Tim
OK, I won't start a brand war so let's just say I have a 3L TD 4X4.
Around
easter I fried a starter motor, went to go to work and car wouldn't start, looked underneath and there was a mass of melted copper that once was a starter motor. Replaced starter and no more probs.
3 months later cruising down the F3 and a funny noise coming from underneath the bonnet. Pulled over turned car off and starter motor is still turning engine over.
Replaced starter relay and ok.
3 months later go to start car and nothing. Hold key on start for a few seconds and sometimes will fire and go no probs.
Any ideas?
It is back at the dealer now as it started when it was under new car warranty and they have been really good, I did expect the worse and was quite surprised.
The first time it happend I nearly went and got a box of matches out but now I am happy as it is under warranty and it could be so much worse.
Any ideas are appreciated.
Tim
Reply By: Willem - Tuesday, Dec 21, 2004 at 18:05
Tuesday, Dec 21, 2004 at 18:05
I had a similar experience with an older vehicle.
I drove through a washout at a higher than necessary speed and the
old truck became airborne. When the dust settled the starter motor kept on cranking. I managed to turn the battery supply off with a dead switch. I couldn't see what the problem was but belted the starter motor with a hammer and then the continuous cranking went away.
When I came to repair the damage which had been caused to the wiring loom I discovered that the starter motor terminals were shorting. Poor terminal end seals and poor connection had caused the trouble. Luckily this was a simple fix. Hopefully yours is too but these modern vehicles have a lot more wires hanging in there lol
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Reply By: Eric Experience. - Tuesday, Dec 21, 2004 at 22:40
Tuesday, Dec 21, 2004 at 22:40
Tim.
The problem could be a number of things, a simple short in the starter connections, or the starter inhibit switch on the gear change, another posibility is that someone fitting a CB or some other accessory has butchered the ignition switch, another is the imobilizer, some imobilizers have a relay in series with the starter wire if this relay is the usual aftermarket junk it may have fallen to pieces. The way I find these things is to wire a buzzer or small horn to the intermitant fault so it lets you know when the fault comes on. Eric
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