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starter problems. completely stumped!
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mwasserm
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Oct 7, 2011, 10:15 PM
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starter problems. completely stumped!
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I’m having intermittent starter problems and I’m completely out of ideas. I have a 1990 Toyota 4runner, automatic transmission. The first try of the day, always in the morning, it will consistently start up immediately, but through the rest of the day it takes about 20 tries to get it to start. Every time I try to start it I can hear the starter solenoid, but with no attempt, that I can hear, by the starter to crank over and I’ve already replaced the starter twice. Having an automatic transmission I have already checked to see if there’s a starter relay outside of the starter and there is not. I checked the resistance of the ground going from the point where the negative battery terminal connects to the chassis to the connection point on the starter and it read .04 ohms, seems somewhat negligible to me. I’ve also cleaned the battery posts and replaced the cable terminals. My next thought was the neutral safety switch. It does not start in neutral either and I tried jiggling the shifting lever with no luck. As far as the battery goes it reads 12.5 volts while the car is not on. It reads 14 volts when the car is on, which I’m assuming means it’s not the alternator? The battery is a Bosch, hopefully meaning it’s a decent battery, and is only one year old. Oh, one more thing. When it finally starts from one of its dead spells the car immediately runs rough until I step on the gas for a few seconds and then it’s fine. It’s fuel injection so I don’t think it could be flooding, right? I’d greatly appreciate any new ideas as I am incredibly tired of dumping money into this thing. Thank you in advance!
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Hammer Time
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Oct 8, 2011, 3:10 AM
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That sure sounds like a bad starter but you say you have changed it already. I think you should do a voltage drop test. Get a digital voltmeter and attach one lead to the positive battery terminal and one to the connection at the starter then try to start it. If you have more than one volt reading on the meter, then you have a connection problem somewhere.
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Discretesignals
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Oct 8, 2011, 9:09 AM
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3VZE?..hopefully 22RE. Noticed any loss of coolant if you have the 3V? I have a Toyo truck with the 3.0L (been taken apart twice) and usually when you have a rough running 3V engine when first started that goes away after a few seconds means you have coolant leaking into a cylinder. You may even notice your exhaust smells sweet.
Way to find this out is to remove all the spark plugs and unplug the distributor after the engine has sat overnight. Crank the engine and watch for coolant spraying out any of the spark plug holes.
Those year trucks are rock solid, but it was the crappy design of the 3V that was the turd in the punch bowl. That's one major reason a lot of people with 3V do the 5V swap.
Since we volunteer our time and knowledge, we ask for you to please follow up when a problem is resolved.
(This post was edited by Discretesignals on Oct 8, 2011, 9:13 AM)
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