General Starter Fault/Damage Flywheel

[Flintstone]

Hi, I have a Fiat Ducato 1900 on a 1999 Motorhome.

It started to occasionally "Click" on the key,
So i sent it to a Motorhome repairer as it needed other work, unbeknown to me he sent it to another garage to be fixed, anyway he replaced the starter, i had it back a few weeks when it seemed to "Jam". He took it back and replaced again.
Last year i returned from France and when at the Eurotunnel on starting it,it was spinning and would not turn off, by the time i disconnected the Battery it had burned out.
On my eventual return i contacted the same garage who refused to repair again, it was still in warranty. I then returned it to the Starter supplier who said they checked it out and the starter had no fault.
I bit the bullet and last week sent it to a local guy thinking a new starter is all required as i assumed it would be a electrical feed to the starter fault.

He has put on a starter and it is working fine (not stcking on, so no electrical fault) but is not engaging and he informs me that it will need a flywheel.
As i may now have a cost of £600 would this have been the fault of the starter.

Any advice much appreciated on the mechanics and any claim i have.
Thanks

 

[varesecrazy]

what kind of mileage has the engine / g-box done?,
when the starter kept spinning at the docks was it spinning the engine over??

were the replacement starters all the same part? = there ARE various drive gear options - you may have suffered from a mis-match..!!,
Charlie

 

[Flintstone]

Thanks.

Hard to Recall, but i think i had stopped and thought it was the Fan running but it was the starter spinning. Or i may have tried to start it.

It has done 60k miles.

This was the 2nd one the guy put on and i recall he said it was "hard to put on".

When the first time it failed it made a awfull grinding sound when tried to start.

I did raise did he get the correct one.

He refuses to even discuss it.



Thanks

 

[Flintstone]

No it wasn't turning the engine over.

 

[moodrater]

Ignition switch on that era is likely suspect for sticking on Pull out the starter and see that the teeth on the flywheel are like, I'd rather file a stater pinion to fit than replace the flywheel.