Re: Starting Hesitation when engine is warm

[Geordon Seaver <gseaver@home.com>]

Are you certain that you're engine is timed properly?  The symptoms that you're
describing indicate that your timing is advanced too far--in my experience this
often causes more problems while hot than it would while engine is cold.  Best
of luck.

Geordon

Alexander van Gerbig wrote:

>     I have had a problem for some time since I got a new starter last year.
> When the engine is warm and I need to start the car it hesitates for a
> second or two.  I figured it was the starter getting a ton of heat on it
> from the engine and acting badly when hot.  Now I had the thought that maybe
> it could be a charging problem.  Driving around and engine gets hot.  I stop
> and get out, come back 10 minutes later to go and the starter hesitates.
> BUT if I leave the car for 2 hours and the engine cools there is no
> hesitation.  Hesitation means, I turn the key and the starter cranks a tiny
> bit then makes a faint little grr noise, then starts right after that a
> second later.  Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Alexander van Gerbig
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