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Vehicle & Technical => Series Land Rovers => Topic started by: Fuddy as muck on March 10, 2007, 19:19:57

Title: My starter motor's gone again.
Post by: Fuddy as muck on March 10, 2007, 19:19:57

I had a new starter fitted in December last year and now i need another one :evil: Its on a transit diesel engine. Do starter motors generally burnout quickly on the series? I have used it offroad a few times.

Darren

Title: My starter motor's gone again.
Post by: Canada Al on March 10, 2007, 23:24:32

Sometimes the bellhousing can get filled with mud . Then the new starter sucks it in every time the mud gets wet again . I have seen this happen with a 2 1/4 and a bloke who went through several new starters before finding the cause .

Title: My starter motor's gone again.
Post by: James.Harwood on March 13, 2007, 19:19:19

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Sometimes the bellhousing can get filled with mud . Then the new starter sucks it in every time the mud gets wet again . I have seen this happen with a 2 1/4 and a bloke who went through several new starters before finding the cause .

I find that it needs cleaning out about every 6 months.  A wading plug helps though

Title: My starter motor's gone again.
Post by: Lucy1978 on March 14, 2007, 12:50:32

I've had the same on my tranny engined series 3, took it back as it was still under warranty.

Title: My starter motor's gone again.
Post by: Fuddy as muck on March 14, 2007, 15:30:41

Quote from: "climbingchris"

I've had the same on my tranny engined series 3, took it back as it was still under warranty.

 I'm going to clean the mud off the chassis then take it back aswell. Hopefully they will replace it undr warranty.

Darren