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rsmith@clowvalve.com
Aug 2, 2007, 11:59 AM
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Hello,
I just purchased a 92 chevy pickup with 107,000 miles 350 engine. It starts fine when cold. When the engine is warm, the starter turns over very slow, then it will start. The truck runs fine once it starts. Please let me know what might be wrong
Thanks
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Tom Greenleaf
Ultimate Carjunky
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Aug 2, 2007, 12:33 PM
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Is the engine running a bit hot? That or do some tests.....
See if a jump start solves that and if it does the battery may just not have enough power anymore. You would think the problem would be when cold but the engine is tighter to turn when hot on some.
Starter motor might be a fault too. See what the voltage drop is while cranking. It shouldn't drop below about 9v. It still doesn't prove the starter or the battery being the problem but do it again with a jump and watch voltage drop and if it still drops too much the starter is the likely culprit.
A note on batteries: When they are even suspect and known to be over three years old, just get a good new one. The dependability of a battery after that age is a crap shoot - behaves today and cooked tomorrow type problems get a lot more common after three years no matter what the claims are on the battery. Find out what month the battery was made. It's either on it in code or simply stated. That's it's birthday - not when it was purchased!
T
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