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May 20, 2016 | 04:02 PM

deucesw

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Starter failure

Here's a picture of the starter on my son's 96 RM, it was brand new about a week ago. It's the 3rd or 4th one we've tried, with shims, without, doesn't matter. Anyone have an idea what's wrong?

BTW, we've had the flexplate into a machine shop, it checked good.

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May 20, 2016 | 05:05 PM

hrcslam

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Last time mine did that, it was hydrolock.

May 20, 2016 | 06:15 PM

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Interesting, I went to replace my starter today and the nose cone was cracked just like yours.

May 20, 2016 | 07:14 PM

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I had two do that to me,my case was the flexplate was on backwards. The last one only lasted for three cranks.
I went with the vette lt4 starter and haven't had a problem since.

May 20, 2016 | 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by 92camaroguy

The last one only lasted for three cranks.

Three cranks! don't scare me, the guy in the parts store told me the lifetime warranty don't cover broken nose cone.

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I went with the vette lt4 starter and haven't had a problem since.

I forgot to mention, its on my 1964 Chevelle, 350 sbc.

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May 21, 2016 | 08:04 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RicanSkylark

Three cranks! don't scare me, the guy in the parts store told me the lifetime warranty don't cover broken nose cone.

I forgot to mention, its on my 1964 Chevelle, 350 sbc.

Well that kinda defeats the purpose of a warranty, don't it lol

May 21, 2016 | 09:03 AM

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May 21, 2016 | 09:53 AM

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Well that kinda defeats the purpose of a warranty, don't it lol

I just hope I don't need to use the warranty!

May 21, 2016 | 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by 94_LT1_TransAm

Well that kinda defeats the purpose of a warranty, don't it lol

Not when the starter body is broken to the point of not being able to refurbish it.

May 21, 2016 | 03:53 PM

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When was the last time the cal and rotor were changed? I had a Silverado that would back spin just for a second when starting up and it blew the starter apart

May 22, 2016 | 03:15 AM

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Last time mine did that, it was hydrolock.

I broke three starters due to that when I blew one of my head gaskets.

Blown head gaskets can give themselves away in one of several ways.

Check your oil for coolant contamination (foamy and/or looking like chocolate milk).

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May 22, 2016 | 09:53 AM

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Thanks for the all the replies, I will make my checklist and begin going through it.

May 22, 2016 | 12:28 PM

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My head gasket let go with little warning. It was fine, then it wasn't and I had a broken starter. Usually there are warnings, coolant disappearing, coolant in oil, white to blue smoke, etc. Mine didn't do any of that,

May 25, 2016 | 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by hrcslam

I had a lot of white steam out my tailpipes on start-up (maybe for a minute or so), but I attributed it to condensation.

Finally got to the point of breaking starters and when I had enough of the madness.....I decided to pull the block and trouble shoot it piece-by-piece.

Started detaching wires/hoses/etc.....and for some reason, my buddy unscrewed a spark plug. Coolant flowed out like Niagara ******* Falls! Took out the plug next to it.....same result.....more fluid flowing out.

So.....even what seems to be a 'normal' amount of moisture burning off.....can be a bad thing. Still, though....most common (easy) detection of a blown head gasket is coolant contaminated oil.....

KW