Starter motor solenoid issue

D90mitch · Nov 22, 2014

So recently, on a good number of occasions, I go to start the 90 (200tdi) and you can hear the starter spin but the solenoid doesn't throw it onto the flywheel. However on the second turn of the key, it fires right up.

Starter motor a year old.

Battery is good.

Checked earths seem ok.

Although I suspect that's what it may be?

Thought?

Thanks

warrior · Nov 22, 2014

Full of mud?

Ian46 · Nov 22, 2014

Take it off and oil the bendix, bit of engine oil will do.

D90mitch · Nov 22, 2014

Ah hoping I wouldn't have to take it off, it's a right tw@t on the 200tdi

Ian46 · Nov 22, 2014

I'd take it off for you, but I'm a bit far away.

D90mitch · Nov 22, 2014

just bit

thanks for the thought

done it before changing the other just remember it being a bastid

Shifty1962 · Nov 23, 2014

No dont oil the bendix as clutch dust sticks and jams it up.
Clean with petrol/parafin etc and then dry it off.
I rub a bog standard pencil on the bendix as the graphite does not become sticky.
Works for me.

trax · Nov 23, 2014

Shifty1962 said:
No dont oil the bendix as clutch dust sticks and jams it up.
Clean with petrol/parafin etc and then dry it off.
I rub a bog standard pencil on the bendix as the graphite does not become sticky.
Works for me.

+1 locksmiths lube is powdered graphite fyi

D90mitch · Nov 23, 2014

thanks for the tip.

Ian46 · Nov 24, 2014

To jam a bendix with clutch dust you must be riding the clutch like a little old lady.

trax · Nov 24, 2014

the metal 'washer' bit inside can also wear away so it doesn't push anymore

Starter motor solenoid issue

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