Hi, I just wondered if anyone has any experience or good ideas...
My 95 Tipo with 127K miles has an intermittent problem starting - specifically sometimes (randomly) when you turn the key it will just groan and half turn the engine, in the classic way that cars used to do when you exhausted the battery completely after several attempts on a weak battery. Sometimes I try it say 3 times and it will then spin fine and start, or sometimes if you wait a minute or so or maybe give it a little push it will suddenly be fine, and then run and start perfectly for ages.
It will do this sometimes if I have been using the car and started it a couple of times and then driven around, I will stop for something and out of the blue I get the problem.
Thoughts are:
1 Battery old and with a dodgy cell or something?
2 Something dodgy electrically?
3 Something worn in the starter and it stops in an awkward place
4 Sticking or worn teeth on the flywheel? But I thought this was only for older cars with the inertia style starters not newer pre-engaged.
So the starter engages and tries to spin, but there is either not enough juice / power or something is sticking.
Obviously a worn starter is perhaps the likeliest cause and is fairly cheap and easy to change.
Thoughts?
J
My 95 Tipo with 127K miles has an intermittent problem starting - specifically sometimes (randomly) when you turn the key it will just groan and half turn the engine, in the classic way that cars used to do when you exhausted the battery completely after several attempts on a weak battery. Sometimes I try it say 3 times and it will then spin fine and start, or sometimes if you wait a minute or so or maybe give it a little push it will suddenly be fine, and then run and start perfectly for ages.
It will do this sometimes if I have been using the car and started it a couple of times and then driven around, I will stop for something and out of the blue I get the problem.
Thoughts are:
1 Battery old and with a dodgy cell or something?
2 Something dodgy electrically?
3 Something worn in the starter and it stops in an awkward place
4 Sticking or worn teeth on the flywheel? But I thought this was only for older cars with the inertia style starters not newer pre-engaged.
So the starter engages and tries to spin, but there is either not enough juice / power or something is sticking.
Obviously a worn starter is perhaps the likeliest cause and is fairly cheap and easy to change.
Thoughts?
J