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26-02-2012, 11:19 AM | #1 | ||
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Hey All,
This morning I went out to start my XR and the battery was flat, so i followed the correct jump starting sequence as listed in the book and the it was still really sluggish to roll over groan groan groan tick tick tick. so i left the 2 cars connected to charge the battery went to start it again and it let out a huge bang and an electrical smell from under the car. I checked the dash and the lights were still on, i instantly thought computer but there was no electrical burnt smell in the car or near the computer and all the readings etc are comming up so that appears fine. The car tries to start but only tick tick tick tick no cranking anymore. Can i assume that my starter motor has for some reason blown up? i checked the fuses but nothing has blown. Why would the starter motor blow up? Cheers |
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26-02-2012, 07:50 PM | #2 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Melb north
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i`d also check the wiring to the starter & battery cables for arcing , just in case there a loose connection , sometimes loose cables let of a bang until they weld themselves to the connection.
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07-03-2012, 07:23 AM | #3 | ||
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all sorted,
Turns out it was the battery that went bang, I measured the voltage on the battery and it was only 5 volts. And when you try to draw to many amps from a battery that has none it can spark internally and ignite the hydrogen in the battery, I was lucky that nothing worse happened. But the red beast lives again. I did find out that the top bolt on the starter motor is easy as to get at from the top of the engine, so if you need to remove it try from the top side it made my life easier. |
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08-03-2012, 09:40 AM | #4 | ||
5.6L x 2 pilot
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Canbra
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Good news. I was curious to see how this one panned out.
Stu
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