Start Q's

[mr.utility at highstream.net (David Utley)]

It is a combination of a few things... 

  1) Higher compression (when the motor is warm vs cold)
  2) Increased resistance of the extra wire to the starter/electrical system
  3) Wear at the starter, which increases draw...

Although no one is the only problem, one is more than likely more the culprit 
than the others...  Since you are into electricals, I offer it to you this 
way...  The answers lie in that car out there...  :-)

HTH, a wee bit...  :-)

David Utley

Quoting Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com>:

> I moved the battery to the trunk and now I have start probs. When the motor 
> is cool, it will crank and start. But...
> 
> When warm, the batt voltage (on the dash meter) drops to 0 and doesn't even 
> click the starter.
> Shorting the battery term to the starter relay on the starter doesn't start 
> the car either.
> (Thank god I was on a hill)
> 
> Bad ground? I have welders wire from the neg term to the bumper bolt in the 
> trunk. I did scrub it and put anti corrosion paste on the contacts.
> 
> Any ideas people?
> 
> 
> 
> Julie Macfarlane
> 1981 MKI 2L 16v
> Amsterdam NY
> 
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