STARTER MOTOR EXERCISE
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STARTER MOTOR EXERCISE
Hello peeps I read some where that our cars if stored over long period or even over winter can result in a sticky bendix gear on the starter motor?
I was told to pull the DME and once a week or every two weeks try to turn over the car around 5 times to give the starter a work out and this will not cause me to suffer a sticky bendix gear situation ?
was I fed a load of BS
?
I am putting it out to you folks to see how many do this or will decide doing this ?
can their be any downsides to doing this like cause issues to the engine?
I was told to pull the DME and once a week or every two weeks try to turn over the car around 5 times to give the starter a work out and this will not cause me to suffer a sticky bendix gear situation ?
was I fed a load of BS
?I am putting it out to you folks to see how many do this or will decide doing this ?
can their be any downsides to doing this like cause issues to the engine?
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Joined: Aug 2012
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From: Temple, TX
I bought mine when it hadn't been touched in 7 years... Started first crank.
I worked on another 993 that had sat for 3 years, that starter is still running strong 30k miles later.
I call bull**** on that one.
I worked on another 993 that had sat for 3 years, that starter is still running strong 30k miles later.
I call bull**** on that one.
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From: Norfolk, UK
+1 - it's BS. Our starter motors are not a "Bendix" drive as such - they were inertia-driven. Ours are pre-engaged by solenoid action. Any problems will, in the main, be either earthing or solenoid based. If you hear it click when the power goes on, it works!
