Starter not Engaging in the mornings Cold Ish temps.

[100%VAGitarian]

Re: Starter not Engaging in the mornings Cold Ish temps.

sleep in a bit and report back if it does the same.

[Danaldson]

Re: Starter not Engaging in the mornings Cold Ish temps.

sleep in a bit and report back if it does the same.

Good plan! Will do that tommorow.


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[RSS]

Re: Starter not Engaging in the mornings Cold Ish temps.

Parked outside or in an unheated garage? If so some snow may be packed in the starter area and against a warm motor its water but over night it freezes making it difficult for the the engagment mechanism to deploy when triggered by the solenoid. I managed to pack a bunch of snow in mine one time after some large snow fall and it did something similar. Parked it in a heated garage for a day to get it to dry out.

[Danaldson]

Re: Starter not Engaging in the mornings Cold Ish temps.

Parked outside or in an unheated garage? If so some snow may be packed in the starter area and against a warm motor its water but over night it freezes making it difficult for the the engagment mechanism to deploy when triggered by the solenoid. I managed to pack a bunch of snow in mine one time after some large snow fall and it did something similar. Parked it in a heated garage for a day to get it to dry out.

Sorry I should have included that info in the first post.

I park outside every night. I don't believe any snow is in there right now as there's not too much snow on the roads.


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[Danaldson]

Re: Starter not Engaging in the mornings Cold Ish temps.

Update on this.

I was doing some reading on audizine and It turns out that water get into the ecu box area due to a cracked cover during car washes which messes up a relay.

The problem has disappeared and i haven't had any issues for 4-5 days now. Water must have evaporated/drained. Im going to order a new cover and all should be good. Thanks for the help everyone.