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Why do I have a hot starting motor?

Why do I have a hot starting motor?

Assuming your ignition system is still the standard set-up there should be something on the spade connector, it is a feed to the coil which bypasses the ballast resistor to boost the coil voltage when the starter is cranking the engine. It might explain your hot starting problem, but I would have thought it would more likely impact cold starting.

What causes a hot starter to turn slowly?

On the second question, the fundamental rule is resistance increases with temperature. A hot starter will have far greater resistance than a cold one, as will a hot starter lead & starter solenoid. The symptom of high resistance in a starter motor or lead is it will turn slowly or not at all.

Why does my lawn mower not start when it’s Hot?

Until it cooled off, it won’t start no matter what you do. Lots of reasons may have contributed to this problem but the main culprit is most likely the failing coil. It’s so frustrating when you checked the oil level, air filter, and so on but the lawn mower won’t start when hot. If you have a Briggs engine, you will face it a lot of times.

What to do when your motorcycle engine won’t start?

When electronics get hot they build up resistance then stop working. It might be a coil, stator, CDI unit or so on. First you must find out if the spark dies out. When it dies pull a plug wire off, stick a known good plug in the end and hold it close to the engine while someone cranks the engine over.

Assuming your ignition system is still the standard set-up there should be something on the spade connector, it is a feed to the coil which bypasses the ballast resistor to boost the coil voltage when the starter is cranking the engine. It might explain your hot starting problem, but I would have thought it would more likely impact cold starting.

Why is my car engine hard to crank over when hot?

The starter (which is warm anyway from the engine heat) no gets even more heat from the exhaust (usually headers but sometime the “Y” pipe). The hotter the starter the higher the electrical resistance = starter won’t run as fast as it should.

Why does my Car start hard when it’s cold?

The pressure regulator (relief) valve may have allowed fuel in the line to drain back into the tank. Which when starting the engine would require a longer crank time to get the fuel system back up to pressure. Long as it does not take more than 15 seconds for the engine to start; there is no problem with the car.

Why does my boat not start when the engine is hot?

You may also need to run your blower all the time to get enough fresh air in the engine compartment to keep it cooler..this will also lessen the vapor lock problem. How about vapor lock….only happens when the engine is hot, and the fuel vaporizes in the TBI. After the engine and engine compartment cool down, the engine will start, right?

Why does the Cold motor start longer than the warm motor?

Reason being, with bleeding injectors, the longer they sit, the more fuel gets dumped into the cylinder (until all the pressure is bled off). The OP would see the issue more on the cold side than on the warm. Also, there shouldn’t be any “gaps to fire” in the injectors. If there are, they wouldn’t fire at all.

What causes a small electric motor to fail?

However, the root cause of the failure was actually the frequency of starts and stops. The key is to closely monitor the number of starts—hourly for small or medium motors and daily for larger motors. On-line testing can ensure full compliance to professional standards.

Can a broken capacitor cause an electric motor to not start?

Age per-se isn’t an issue but if a capacitor is actually failing then yes it can affect a motor’s ability to start or its ability to keep running smoothly. Electric motors that use a start capacitor typically have a centrifugal switch inside the motor that opens when the motor gets up to speed. That may be a broken part in your motor.

Why does my Car start slow and get hot?

Hope that helps. The slow cranking is from bad bearings in the starter. The heat is from the electrical resistance of the (extremely powerful) starter motor trying to turn against the high resistance. The high battery drain is from the high current draw of the starter trying to turn. Thank you all for your answers.

What causes the mower to stop cutting while mowing, the blades?

What causes the mower to stop cutting while mowing, the blades…. The lack of power is likely from the engine. That series is problematic due to a harness between the two ignition modules, they utilize a diode harness so the coils don’t fire each other. Long story short, a lot of times they perform better with a new set of plugs.

Why is my car engine hard to start?

The starter itself may not be cranking correctly due to the heat impacting the relays which drive the mechanisms (this was a common issue in old air cooled VWs, and with how some newer engines are crammed into engine bays similar things can happen).

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Ruth Doyle