starter motor replacement any ideas

daviesbike · #1 17th July 2014, 06:28 AM

Has any one had to change there starter motor ?

4.2 D3 just wandering how much work is involved .? ...every so offen my car won't start .. this is something quite embarrassing and happens when the engine is hot

Kilg · #2 25th July 2014, 10:21 AM

Mine has started doing the same too. Not sure how big a job it is to do and can't seem to find much online about changing them on D3's.

ainarssems · #3 25th July 2014, 06:03 PM

Looks to be major job, engine needs to be hang from the top using special tools and subframe dropped to access starter.

Kilg · #4 30th July 2014, 08:31 AM

Thanks for the info.

It has behaved itself for the past week so I may leave it be for now until it gets worse!

thebluewhale · #5 9th August 2014, 07:09 PM

Could be your crank position sensor. Same thing happened to mine, it wouldn't start when it was hot.

Conan_the_Librarian · #6 9th August 2014, 10:03 PM

I don't think it's your starter motor. Check the earth strap from engine to chassis. Clean up both ends with a wire brush and reconnect. I changed both the alternator and starter motor on a D2 with the engine in (traumatizing) be for I used a volt meter at the battery and at the alternator an engine then chassis.

M-A8 · #7 12th August 2014, 04:06 PM

Guys, are you all experiencing this problem when starting the engine with a key or the start button???
If its only using start button then how about worn out switch??

And btw, replacing a starter looks like a **** job to me.

snapdragon · #8 12th August 2014, 08:52 PM

If you sometimes press the button several times and nothing happens, it can be a software problem. I rememebr the TSB and am sure it was discussed on here before but can't find it.

mannyo · #9 13th August 2014, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by snapdragon

If you sometimes press the button several times and nothing happens, it can be a software problem. I rememebr the TSB and am sure it was discussed on here before but can't find it.

Mine does this sometimes (always when cold), and it records a starter blocked fault in 01-Engine. Only does it once a month or so, and others seem to have this odd behaviour to with the start button only. The starter begins to operate but then stops after a fraction of a second, press Stop and Start again and it fires normally in less than 2 seconds.

snapdragon · #10 13th August 2014, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by mannyo

Mine does this sometimes (always when cold), and it records a starter blocked fault in 01-Engine. Only does it once a month or so, and others seem to have this odd behaviour to with the start button only. The starter begins to operate but then stops after a fraction of a second, press Stop and Start again and it fires normally in less than 2 seconds.

Ah, yes that's the one, it operates as though a fraction of a crank.
I used to get this frequently, but for some reason it has stopped for >year.