Starter problems

I think you need a new Starter.

New starter needed

All I can suggest is that the heat element is opening and closing a broken/loose contact due to heat expansion and contraction.

Where this broken/loose contact lies is anyones guess but I would imagine somewhere inside the starter, the brushes or the armature itself.

The normal checks of battery, engine earth etc. are not really associated with heat so it does kind of suggest starter assembly - due to the proximity of the heat source.

Good luck. Let us know the outcome.

Zitat von helmut0209;75237

I was considering this also, but bear in mind that the starter works fine all the time and only does not want to engage when the engine is hot, lets say after an hour drive
Helmut

That makes no differenceA new starter is what you need.

I replaced mine after many months of asking questions like you, but only after being very embarrassed, I boarded the Car Ferry over to Calais, 1.5 hours later the shores of France await, I wait in line ready for the signal to start engines??!! you guessed starter no workie eventually all the cars left the Ferry & I got towed Off & sat on the dock side out of simple desperation I turned the key !! you guessed ? power & starter workie.

After 2 days of driving I made it back home [almost] then I stopped for Petrol /Rest at the M5 service station after 45 mins ,went to the car & starter no F**king workie!!! this time I needed to wait a good hour before trying again & off I went.

I am told that the start solenoid sticks when things get hot,so when it cools down away you go.