myfunz

Thank you for your response. Many of these threads die off with no results posted. Now others can benefit or at least diagnose their problem with the same issues.

24695bob

Well yesterday I had the same problem (88 automatic) ...drove to my sons place (50 or so miles)..let the car sit in the sun for about an hour ..and when I turned the Key...NOTHING... !!!

I have had this problem with EVERY C2 and C3 that I own (64,72,76, and 79) ..never had it with my 95 before I sold that car... Anyway the older cars each cost me 5 bucks to fix and solve the heat soak problem in all of them... Replaced the spring in the solenoid of each starter with a light weight spring from GM..Part number ACDelco spring number 1958679 ...

this was over 15 maybe 20 years ago...and every one of those cars (which I still own) never had the problem again....


I just purchased this 88 18 months ago and stored it in the winter of 2010 - 2011...last year the car got driven 50 miles TOTAL because I had some serious health issues so yesterday was its first longer drive in the in the winter.

From past experience I just asked him to get me his hose...
squirted water on the starter from above for a minute..and the car fired right up....

DOES ANYONE KNOW IF there is a light weight (requires less force to compress) spring
available for these starters...???? Otherwise I will have to carry a couple of loaded squirt guns with me when I drive the car..or a quart of water...

My 95 which I sold when I retired to buy a 98 never had and problems with starting when hot...neither has the 98

Bob G.
64 72 76 79 88 (35th ANC) and 98 Corvettes

caddyboy84

I had the same issue, if it's cranking and no start when hot, the injectors might be bleeding down. I changed them (and alot of other things) and now it's mint.

myfunz

Having the same problem with my '89 I replaced the starter the first year I purchased her. She ran fine for one season and then back to the no start when hot issue. The last time this happened I was fortunate to have it up in the driveway. I pulled out the hose and sprayed the starter for about 10 minutes and she turned over!

I happened to be at the last birthday bash at the museum this year and talked to a GM engineer about this problem his answer was to put a heat shield around the solenoid (Not one of those blankets, an aluminum ceramic shield bolted to the starter). So I did that this past weekend then ran her through the same route up the driveway turned her off waited about 3 minutes and she started right up! Hope this helps.

caddyboy84

If you think it's a over-heated starter, try a heat-blanket for the started, they're pretty cheap and easy to install.

myfunz

I tried the blanket had the same problem. It didn't help.

24695bob

Ok... Now alL I have to do is google a heat shields .... blanket or better yet one of the ceramic ones mentioned by Mhfunz...

anyone got a link to either of them...

Bob G.

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24695bob

Thanks order one a few minutes ago....

Bob G