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Old May 3, 2020 | 10:44 AM
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I’m puzzled, when engine warms up the starter labors and hard to start. This doesn’t happen all the time. I’ve replaced the starter and battery checked all the grounds all is good. Checked voltage, it good. Any suggestions?
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Are you saying the car takes a little longer to start or the cranking speed appears to be less when hot ??
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Cranking is less when hot.
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When you said you “checked” all the grounds did you only do a visual inspection ???...if you didn’t clean the battery ground at the engine block I would try that...you can even hook up a jumper cable lead from battery negative to engine ground and see if it’s cranks faster...only having this when hot suggests higher resistance in the circuit when hot...heat equals resistance !!
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Thanks, I’ll try it!
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I’d check pcv valve and lines.
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