starter motor replacement any ideas
 

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

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.

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

Thanks for the info.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.