Starter mounting details
1. connector
2. Wire
3. Starter
Check without removal from the car
1. If the starter motor does not turn at all when the key is turned, make sure the selector lever is in the Park or Neutral position (on vehicles with automatic transmission) or press the clutch pedal.
2. Make sure that the battery is charged, check the cleanliness, reliability of the cables on the battery and on the starter traction relay.
3. If the starter motor engages when the key is turned but the crankshaft does not turn, the cause is a slipping starter freewheel. In this case, the starter assembly must be replaced.
4. If the starter motor does not rotate when the key is turned, but the traction relay clicks, then the traction relay contacts, battery and starter motor are faulty (or hard crankshaft).
5. If, when the starter is turned on, the click emitted by the relay armature is not heard, then the reasons for the failure may be a battery malfunction, a blown fuse (open circuit), malfunction of the auxiliary starter relay, or the traction relay itself.
6. To check the traction relay, close with a jumper (+) battery pole and wire lead from the ignition key (located on the traction relay).
7. If the starter motor starts, then the traction relay is OK, and the ignition switch, starter auxiliary relay, or wiring are faulty.
8. If the starter motor still does not start, then remove the starter assembly with the traction relay for inspection and repair.
9. If the starter turns the crankshaft, but at a very low speed, then first check the degree of charge of the battery and the reliability and integrity of the connections. The starter will rotate the engine at low speed also in cases where the crankshaft is hard to rotate or oil with too high viscosity is poured into the engine.
10. Warm up the engine, then disconnect the high voltage coil wire from the distributor cap and connect it to ground on the engine.
11. Connect the positive pole of the voltmeter to the positive pole of the battery, and the negative lead to the negative pole.
12. Turn on the starter and read the steady voltmeter reading. Starter activation time should not exceed 15 seconds. The battery voltage at normal crankshaft speed should be 9 volts or a little more.
13. If the battery voltage is 9 V, or slightly over 9 V, and the crankshaft speed is low, then the starter motor is defective.
14. If the voltage is less than 9 V, and the speed of rotation of the crankshaft is low, then the probable causes are burning of the contacts of the traction relay, a malfunction of the starter motor, self-discharge of the battery, and poor condition of the contacts.
Removal and installation
1. Disconnect the battery from the ground.
2. Remove the battery from the engine compartment.
3. Disconnect and remove the cruise control device from the engine compartment.
4. Disconnect the connectors from the starter and traction relay.
5. Loosen the starter mounting bolts (the arrow points to the top bolt of the starter).
6. Remove the bracket from the top of the starter assembly with the traction relay.
Attention! First, partially unscrew one or two bracket bolts, then move down the starter with the traction relay, and then unscrew the remaining bolts.
7. Installation is carried out in the reverse order.