Starter not automatically disengaging after run
Starter not automatically disengaging after run Hey all, ls swapped chevelle. I recently killed the battery on the car. I charged it up and now after I start the car the starter will continue engaging until I let the key off (resulting in that familiar old car trying to start a car that already started noise). Im not sure if the battery being dead at one point is related or not.
What are the causes of this? How do I fix it?
What are the causes of this? How do I fix it?
Can you elaborate? I not sure how this works but it seems like after the engine starts then the starter should retract even if the key is held to the start position (I realize the starter motor will continue to spin). The starter is retracting but its definitely continuing to spin. Like it doesnt realize the car has started. I dont even know how it would that unless its a tach signal of some sort.
While the starter will continue to turn, with key to START, it spins only at about 300 rpm, or close to. If the key is not released to RUN position, the conflicting speeds of the engine and the starter will cause issues. The key must be released as the engine starts.
You can remove the small, black, plastic piece and view whether the starter gear engages the flywheel, at the correct depth, and also in a straight line, so that the two sets of teeth engage properly.
You can remove the small, black, plastic piece and view whether the starter gear engages the flywheel, at the correct depth, and also in a straight line, so that the two sets of teeth engage properly.
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Newer vehicles have a built in 'anti-grind' where the computer is what controls cranking. You can blip the key to the start position and the car will start, if you hold the key to that position the computer will automatically disengage the starter.
In a chevelle, this most definitely does not exist. It's just like any older car (from about 2006 and before, depending on make) where you have to let the key pop back to the run position to disengage the starter.
I'm really curious (and I don't mean to be rude) where you got the idea that the starter would automatically disengage...
In a chevelle, this most definitely does not exist. It's just like any older car (from about 2006 and before, depending on make) where you have to let the key pop back to the run position to disengage the starter.
I'm really curious (and I don't mean to be rude) where you got the idea that the starter would automatically disengage...
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Verdad Gallardo Newer vehicles have a built in 'anti-grind' where the computer is what controls cranking. You can blip the key to the start position and the car will start, if you hold the key to that position the computer will automatically disengage the starter.
In a chevelle, this most definitely does not exist. It's just like any older car (from about 2006 and before, depending on make) where you have to let the key pop back to the run position to disengage the starter.
I'm really curious (and I don't mean to be rude) where you got the idea that the starter would automatically disengage...
In a chevelle, this most definitely does not exist. It's just like any older car (from about 2006 and before, depending on make) where you have to let the key pop back to the run position to disengage the starter.
I'm really curious (and I don't mean to be rude) where you got the idea that the starter would automatically disengage...
Since no one is perfect and cannot release the key EXACTLY when the engine stops, what is it that keeps the starter from grinding on the flex plate once the engine is started?
The Chevelle has been LS swapped and retains the computer. But now that Im thinking about it, the old big block (glad that thing is gone) didnt make any noise once the engine was started.
To clarify, I know I have to let the key off. But the way it currently sits, if I dont let the key off the exact moment the engine starts I get a little grinding noise.
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Old cars won't disengage until you release the key, that's just how they work.
You might check the clearance between the starter and flywheel, you might need a spacer. It it's too tight it will make noise.
You might check the clearance between the starter and flywheel, you might need a spacer. It it's too tight it will make noise.
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WOW you guys scare me! The starter has a over run clutch built into the Bendix<that's why they call it a bendix. Even if you don't let off the key the when the engine starts the engine turns faster than the starter and over runs the bendix allowing silent operation. Obviously your bendix drive has a bad over run clutch. REPLACE THE NEW STARTER. Let me guess its a Delco rebuild unit?