Ohhhh man, I have one for all of you.......
I was performing a compression test on a 1993 FZJ80 with 247K on the clock. I checked compression on all 6 cylinders but did it when the engine was cold and dry. I talked to my brother and he suggested I do it "wet" so I added a small amount of oil to each cylinder and began again from cylinder 1. When I was cranking the engine over I began hearing a strange sound while the engine was cranking. The sound seemed to be coming from the driver side of the engine and sounded like a low moan or a growl. Not a sexy sound. The engine was cranking noticeably slower also. I thought my battery could be running low since I had been cranking the engine quite a bit. I stopped at cylinder 4 and swapped out a fully charged battery. When I put in the fully charged battery and turned the ignition, I could hear the starter spinning but it was not engaging the fly wheel, just making a whirring sound. I did a little reading and changed the fusible link. No juice. I checked the grounds and cables to make sure all were nice and tight. I found no obvious corrosion either. I bought a denso reman starter thinking I may have just smoked my old starter. I installed the new one. Just a whirring sound with the new starter. I am stumped.
Maybe I got something hot when cranking the engine so much while doing the compression test. I sure could use some help with this amigos. Thanks
I was performing a compression test on a 1993 FZJ80 with 247K on the clock. I checked compression on all 6 cylinders but did it when the engine was cold and dry. I talked to my brother and he suggested I do it "wet" so I added a small amount of oil to each cylinder and began again from cylinder 1. When I was cranking the engine over I began hearing a strange sound while the engine was cranking. The sound seemed to be coming from the driver side of the engine and sounded like a low moan or a growl. Not a sexy sound. The engine was cranking noticeably slower also. I thought my battery could be running low since I had been cranking the engine quite a bit. I stopped at cylinder 4 and swapped out a fully charged battery. When I put in the fully charged battery and turned the ignition, I could hear the starter spinning but it was not engaging the fly wheel, just making a whirring sound. I did a little reading and changed the fusible link. No juice. I checked the grounds and cables to make sure all were nice and tight. I found no obvious corrosion either. I bought a denso reman starter thinking I may have just smoked my old starter. I installed the new one. Just a whirring sound with the new starter. I am stumped.
Maybe I got something hot when cranking the engine so much while doing the compression test. I sure could use some help with this amigos. Thanks
