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in what way is it hard to start does the engine turn over fast or slow, fast is low compression in the piston chambers slow can be the battery or the starter motor wearing out. ( starter motor has bushes to turn the motor these wear out and cannot turn the engine over fast enough to start.
it may be because your starter is starting to wear out. Considering that all the connections are clean and tight at battery and starter. you can take starter out, and have it tested at most auto stores.
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Advance Auto Parts Etc, God-Bless! or maybe they can test the draw while it is still on car.
Either something is draining the starting voltage from your battery.. A short or grounded circuit. Or your starter or starter solenoid is starting to go. Starters need a certain range of voltage to engage and start. As they get older they wear and require more voltage to kick in and start.. Have your battery and starter tested under load that way you can tell the condition of the starter
Have no idea what you drive but if it's an automatic try it it neutral instead of park.(bad neutral saftey switch) Or if the starter is going bad hold the key on start and have an assistant tap on the starter.(starter brushes wearing out) good luck
I am guessing that you have a problem properly engaging the starter pinion into the ring gear to start the engine Check the starter pinion for correct adjustment and check pinion teeth for wear. Check the ring gear for wear from where the pinion fails to engage properly before spinning.
First thing to check would be the starter solenoid-mounted on the starter. In the starting circuit, that is the most high use/high wear item. A tech would wait for the no start condition, then check the solenoid wire for power when key is held in the cranking position. If power is there, it indicates a faulty solenoid. If no power, trace the signal back to the ignition switch-from solenoid to starter relay to clutch switch to ignition switch. There are contact points (plates, really) inside the solenoid that become pitted and burned from use, and eventually wear down or out.
This sounds like there is a dead spot in your starter. The easiest way to resolve this issue is to replace your starter. Many times, if you take a lot of short-distance trips over the life of your car, the wiring inside the starter itself will wear (short trips means starting it more often, causing a lot of wear over time). Then the inner wiring of the starter wears too much, it forms a "dead spot" -- when the starter is stopped at a very specific spot i will not form the magnetic force needed to torn the starter motor. This is a common issue which can be dealt with for a time if you have to save the money to replace the starter. Tapping the starter, or arcing it with a screwdriver makes the inner workings of the starter jump a little, allowing it to move out of the dead spot and kick over as normal, but it is only a temporary fix. Unless you refurbish electronics for a living, it is very unlikely that you will be able to repair the starter on your own, and such a repair takes some time, so you are better off to replace it than try to repair the starter itself.
As long as the starter does not happen to stop in the dead spot, it will work as normal ... but in time the dead spot will spread, causing the issue to worsen. You can keep forcing it to turn with the two tricks you used until you have had the opportunity to earn the money to replace the starter (or until you have a day off to get the repairs done) .. but over time this can cause more damage to other parts of the car, so I recommend replacing the starter as soon as you can.
Early to wear the starter out as most of the older cars went to the junk yard with th orginal starter! But I bet you may have starting problems.. Does it click under the hood when you tur the key? Have you tried to start in neutral? Have you taken it out of park and tried to shift back into park and then try to start the motor? Have you tried to Jump start the car?, Just because the lights and radio play doesn't mean the battery has the 10 volts theasehold voltage to close the solinoid and crank the engine!, The likly hood of the starter being bad is low as the battery and starting with low voltage will kill a starter.
Hello Ira. Yes, it can happen. Usually when the starter is nearing the end of it's useful life. There are brushes inside the starter motor that wear over time. As these brushes wear the spring that keeps the tension on them also get weaker and will often not be strong enough to hold the brushes on the starter motor armature. So what happens is these brushes end up losing and then making contact intermittently. A similar problem can also happen with relays and solenoids that are also part of the starting system. First inspect all connections related to the starting system as a corroded, loose or burned terminal are also possible problems.
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