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Title: URGENT - starter motor location on 2.2 diesel
Post by: V8S on 27 June 2008, 19:23:25

Have taken off the cover thing under the engine and am looking for the starter motor. Not in usual place and can't see it anywhere else.

It is the 2.2 DTI engine.

Please help! Need info quickly.

Want to check earthing points / connections due to unreliable starting.

Thanks!

Title: Re: URGENT - starter motor location on 2.2 diesel
Post by: V8S on 30 June 2008, 15:52:25

No one?

Title: Re: URGENT - starter motor location on 2.2 diesel
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 30 June 2008, 18:08:08

Not so easy to get at.

If you look at the rear left side of the engine below the turbo charger you will see a metal heatshield with three bolts holding it on....its behnd that.

Remember though that the starter 0V chassis connection is via the engine block!

Title: Re: URGENT - starter motor location on 2.2 diesel
Post by: V8S on 01 July 2008, 16:48:30

Thanks.

So, if I have a starting problem that seems like no power is getting to the starter, it's the engine block connection I need to check?

Can you tell me its whereabouts?

It's only really started doing this since I changed the fuel filter.

Title: Re: URGENT - starter motor location on 2.2 diesel
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 01 July 2008, 17:04:28

No, the first place to check is the low current supply (small wire) to the starter....

Does the starter make ANY noise at all when you turn the key?

Title: Re: URGENT - starter motor location on 2.2 diesel
Post by: HNO3GOH on 01 July 2008, 20:50:05

Quote

Have taken off the cover thing under the engine and am looking for the starter motor. Not in usual place and can't see it anywhere else.

It is the 2.2 DTI engine.

Please help! Need info quickly.

Want to check earthing points / connections due to unreliable starting.

Thanks!

When you get it to start does it turn over fast or slow.

Title: Re: URGENT - starter motor location on 2.2 diesel
Post by: V8S on 02 July 2008, 15:35:58

The leccy is coming to look at it today as well as some other issues.

What happens is this... but annoyingly it has stopped doing it for a week...

Put key in, turn key and one of three things happens:

(A) It starts like normal, fast start, no trouble
(B) The starter will sound like there's a flat battery, whirr very slowly and after between 2 and 10 seconds will then kick into life and start the car
(C) There will be no sound from the starter and I will have to keep trying the ignition until it either does (A) or (B)

The leccy knows his stuff and suspects starter connections, or possibly a connection in the ignition.

When I changed the fuel filter, some fuel from the old filter obviously dripped down into the engine bay. I wonder if I have got some into the starter connections as this starting problem only seems to have been since then.

Thanks for the comments.

Title: Re: URGENT - starter motor location on 2.2 diesel
Post by: Entwood on 02 July 2008, 18:11:39

Check your battery connections .. they are known to sometimes corrode/loosen .. this could cause the problem you describe.

On an occasion when the starter is slow and laborious feel the battery terminals .. you may well find one very warm !!  A sure sign of a bad connection !!

HTH