[Vwdiesel] starter, 91 jetta td

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/15/2006 8:23:46 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
vwdieselbunny at yahoo.com writes:

> However...  The starters fitted to diesel engines are
> typically quite a bit larger than ones fitted to a gas
> engine.  This is because they have significantly more
> compression to overcome as they attempt to crank the
> engine over to get it to start. 


  I believe it's something like a fractional hp vs. 2hp!
Sometimes a fresh (factory rebuild) is better than one locally 
done.  Mine wasn't bad, I'd been through it and it still turned 
slower than I liked and the bushings were getting loose again.  
I put in a rebuild and WOW what a difference!
     Loren