Re: Starter wiggin' out

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I agree with Chris.  It sounds like your solenoid is sticking.  In the 
morning, when it's cold, the grease in the solenoid is thick and sticky.  
This causes it to stick.  You probably noticed it's sometimes is a little 
slow to engage in the morning, sticky solenoid.  As you drive, everything 
warms up and the problem goes away.  As the weather is cooling off now, 
you'll probably see this happen more often.  I took my starter off and took 
apart the solenoid, cleaned and re-greased it and no problems since.  BTW 
this is my original starter and the only thing I've done to it is clean the 
solenoid(over 10 years ago).
GL.


-Dick-
78 Scirocco
Original Owner
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> Your selenoid is sticking, keeping the drive gear engaged with the flywheel.
>  You either need a new starter or need to rebuild the one you have.
>  Sometimes you can just tear apart the old selenoid and clean it up to
>  aleviate this....
>  
>  Chris M.
>  '82 Scirocco
>  '81 "GTI"
>  
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Mike VanAmburgh <vwvr6r@fiber.net>
>  To: Scirocco <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
>  Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 3:45 PM
>  Subject: Starter wiggin' out
>  
>  
>  > Anyone know what would cause a starter to keep running after starting
>  > the car?  It usually does it when I first start it up each day.  I whack
>  > it with a hammer and it stops.  :-)  It seems to be something with the
>  > wiring.  When I tap the connections area on the starter, that's when it
>  > seems to stop.  Then it's usually fine the rest of the day.
>  >
>  > -Mike
>  > 88 Scirocco 16V  'If nothing else works, use a hammer' edition
>  > 97 Jetta GLX
>  >
>  > --

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