Anyone run into starters breaking off
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I'm checking for a friend. He called me last night to let me know that he had broken his 3rd starter in less than a month. Just checking to see if anyone had ever seen issues with starters breaking. In this case, the case breaks off from the motor
It could be water getting into a cylinder, but the car starts fine, and runs fine. I'm going to have him check for coolant loss and get back to me.
I thought perhaps the fact that it is a bigger inch motor with some compression (408 w/ 11.5:1) might also be an issue.
Dunno here. Just wondering if anyone had seen any issues which might cause a start to break the housing on an ls1.
Thx.
It could be water getting into a cylinder, but the car starts fine, and runs fine. I'm going to have him check for coolant loss and get back to me.
I thought perhaps the fact that it is a bigger inch motor with some compression (408 w/ 11.5:1) might also be an issue.
Dunno here. Just wondering if anyone had seen any issues which might cause a start to break the housing on an ls1.
Thx.
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Vibration attacking the die cast mounting cap. I used to be in starter motor manufacturing. Those castings sometimes are crap (from you know where). Billit ones sould last forever but anything cheap from China with a die cast cap on may need some additional support to dampen out the vibration.
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Originally Posted by yobabiesdaddy2001
Rod , how does a leaking headgasket cause this? I am pretty sure one of mine is leaking ( i can see it out the exhaust and have the smell). I am going to check the plugs today.
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Interesting. I mostly use cometics and have found that most of the time they need to be re torqued. You'll start to see a hint of moisture under the oil cap, and some in the cylinder if it gets too bad. I have made it a priority to re torque after I get back from the dyno from now on. I have a Darton sleeved Vette that I built a few years back that is having a "starter" issue now. And I am suspecting the head gasket. It has broken 3 starters! Of course it is a 443 with 11.5-1 compression. I need to dig deeper in to it.