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coolant leak on starter?
Posted by philbert (more from philbert) on Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:28:53
In Reply to: Starter trouble, buckmath, Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:02:16
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I had a very similar situation on my old '87...drove me crazy trying to figure it out. I changed out the starter and all was well for a few weeks then the problem came back. Once it got cold out, the starter would not turn over. Once it got around freezing (or maybe a bit cooler) then everything was fine again. New wiring, new battery cables, I even installed a Ford solenoid to get full voltage to the starter, but nothing worked. I removed the starter and took it in for testing and it worked fine. I was stumped.
Then I spotted it. On the coolant hose that goes into the throttle body right above the starter was a very small leak. I'm talking maybe a drop a day type leak, but it dripped right down onto the starter, got into the solenoid, and so whenever it got cold out, the solenoid would jam up.
I cleaned up the starter solenoid and fixed the small leak and life was good again.
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