Starter q"s

[ccarpen at earthlink.net (Cris Carpenter)]

A simple starting system test with an inductive volt/amp tester would tell 
you, and would take less than half an hour in the hands of someone who 
knows what they are doing. They would be looking for how much current the 
starter is drawing, how much of a voltage drop occurs across the positive 
and ground connections between the battery and starter while cranking, and 
how much of a load the battery can sustain. But the fact that the cables 
get warm imply either too much resistance in the wires or connections or 
that the starter is drawing too much current.

Cris

At 03:47 PM 5/20/2005, you wrote:
>Message: 1
>Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 18:14:56 +0000
>From: "Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Starter q"s
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
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>I am really getting sick of this....
>
>When the engine is warm, the car has trouble starting.
>The starter can just get the engine to turn over, the battery cables get
>REALLY hot, but just flipping the engine once, then stopping.
>
>2L 16v engine, stock 16v starter.
>
>The battery cable runs from the - term to the chassis and then to the
>starter bolt.
>Positive cable is brandy new and runs to the starter.
>
>bad starter?