No Start help please.
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@2001LC so after 3 rounds of taps…2 on the PS then a final one on the DS…boom!!! She started up!!
Thank you for the guidance. It was a little tough to see the starter, but your instructions were perfect.
While I’m happy she started, I’m also a little disappointed if it’s 100% a bad starter…after only 22k miles.
Any thoughts on this?
You're more than welcome!
But it's only 70% starter contacts failing. No crank again, tap tap tap with your steel rod then engine crank, 80%. Third time it's 98% likely contacts. Replace starter, re seating contacts before install. Cranks consistency over next few weeks. It was 100% starter.
In many ways this is excellent news! I would be the starter than EEC or some random shorts in the wiring etc. I replaced my alternator like you while changing the belt pulleys while you’re there. Should saved the old alternator as perfectly good. But it happens unless it’s new so is the starter a remanufacture unit from Toyota? Good job guys 2001LC saved the day… once again!
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@41togo Yes, this is the starter that was put in.
I’m not entirely sure where to go from here because I’m so baffled that it would go out so soon.
Part of me can’t believe it and wants to continue to chase the problem. The other part wants to just change the starter out and hope that’s the issue. But of course I’m worried that I’ll change it and still have the problem.
To be honest sometimes new parts just prematurely fail. I have owned 50+ cars and worked on a ton more. I have often seen new parts fail shortly after installation or be bad right out of the box. I chased a vibration in my 100 Series for months only to discover it was the brand new CV axle I had installed. It was slightly bent right out of the box.
If it was me I would take the starter out myself, have it looked at and then decide to repair that one or install a different one. If you have chased this problem (even with MUD help) you are definitely more than capable to do the job yourself. And if you need more help theres this forum and YouTube
I was thinking the same thing, gone this far and curious if something simple inside the starter. Keep this thread going, better odds as another starter no guarantee.
I’m not entirely sure where to go from here because I’m so baffled that it would go out so soon. Worth mentioning again. Unless the contacts were reseated in that remanufactured starter. There was a 1 in 10 chance of failure. It's why I always take the time to reseat contacts.
I'll add that the PNP switch (neutral lock off), acts much the same as bad starter contact. We turn the IG key to start and nothing happens. In that we do not see voltage drop or dash lights dim. We'll not hear any click at starter. Nor will tap, tap tap result in starting. But shaking/vibrating vehicle or shifter movement may result in starting.
The one that had me needless replace a newish reman starter. Was a short, in aftermarket dual battery set-up, due to loose lug. Kicking myself on that
. But it was in a VVTi. So I doing the S.A.I filter MOD while in there, it wasn't a total waster of time.Caution: Always clean top of engine before removing intake manifold. Pay special attention to valley between intake manifold and heads and around fuel injectors. As we don't want sand dropping into intake ports of heads.