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Yes the solenoid is attached to the top of the starter. There is an R term and an S term,the S term is closest to the engine block ,the R term is towards the passenger fender.
Here's the picture...can't really see it in the picture but there are two wires hooked up. you can also see in the bottom left corner the third wire i was referring to
Am I missing something, or does this sound more like heat soak than anything else? I mean, if it's an electrical issue, it's gonna be constant, no matter when or where. Seems to me, you have an issue starting the car after it has ran for a bit. That would suggest that your starter is getting hot, and not producing the torque needed to turn it over fast enough to start it. Or am I wrong?
I did have a leaky manifold that was unaware of and only discovered while trying to resolve the issue at hand. The leak was on the passenger side, right above the starter. I've since resolved the exhaust leak and haven't been able to reproduce the problem. Maybe a coincidence, or part of the problem? My battery was also suspect.
I did have a leaky manifold that was unaware of and only discovered while trying to resolve the issue at hand. The leak was on the passenger side, right above the starter. I've since resolved the exhaust leak and haven't been able to reproduce the problem. Maybe a coincidence, or part of the problem? My battery was also suspect.
An electric motor being wet would CERTAINLY reduce it's ability to operate. What, exactly, was leaking out of your exhaust, though? During hot running temps, there should have been NO condensation...not till quite a while later. A bad battery would only result in NO turning over. You said it turned over, but would not start. Did it turn over as vigorously as it did when starting it cold?
An electric motor being wet would CERTAINLY reduce it's ability to operate. What, exactly, was leaking out of your exhaust, though? During hot running temps, there should have been NO condensation...not till quite a while later
I didn't notice any condensation...just exhaust itself leaking from the manifold. I guess i never noticed it with the hood closed, but when troubleshooting this problem i was running the car with the hood open and noticed a pretty significant amount of exhaust smoke coming up from the rear corner of the engine on the passenger side (pretty much right above the starter)
A bad battery would only result in NO turning over. You said it turned over, but would not start. Did it turn over as vigorously as it did when starting it cold?
Before the long winter when the battery was good (assuming it was good because it was good enough to get it started when cold) the car did turn over vigorously when attempting to start warm. In fact, one day i accidentally laid on it too long and got a little smoke from the battery. That's why i was thinking the battery was good and not to blame. Of course all of this was last fall...i changed the battery this week because i stupidly let it sit all winter without a battery tender and it drained to the point where it wouldn't accept a charge. So now with the new battery and fixed exhaust leak i haven't been able to reproduce the problem (yet). But given what i observed last fall with what i think was a healthy battery my thinking was that the battery was not the root cause.
