Re: Ur-q starting (not)

[Michael Zamikhovsky <MikeZ755@sprintmail.com>]

Todd Young wrote:

> I'll cast my vote for the heat soak problem, Chevy small block V8 engines with
> aftermarket headers tend to have that problem as the headers pass too close to
> the starter and overheat it, resulting in a no start condition until cool down.
>
> Bob wrote:
>
> > Jim Haseltine wrote:
> > >
> > > On occasion my 88 Ur quattro will refuse to start, usually at the most
> > > inconvenient times and places. Tends to be when trying to restart after a
> > > journey, the starter just appears to be completely dead, just 'clunks' but
> > > doesn't turn. It did it tonight in my drive after my trip home from work (25
> > > miles fairly fast so things were hot under the bonnet) and the only response
> > > to the key was a click from the starter solenoid. It started fine later. The
> > > starter is about 18 months old.
> > > Theories?
> > > Starter suffering heat soak?
> >
> > Yes, mine did the same thing. It was one of two things (I did them both
> > at the same time, so who knows).   I completely cleaned the terminals on
> > the starter/solenoid, they were pretty grungy plus I added heat shield
> > (insulated wrap) around the starter. It never happened again.
> >
> > Bob
>
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This summer I descovered the same problem on my 83 UrQ . Hot restarts are a problem.
Starter will not turn over. Solenoid does click. All the lights in dash go on as
usually during starting, but very dim. It only happened seversl times. Heat soak
sounds logical. My starter is original large one.

Mike Z