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Starter - Answer to my woes. 200 1993

posted by  Oleseahorse on  Wed Dec 22 11:13 CST 2004
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Hello everyone. Not too much blood or bruised knuckles as today was set aside for a car day, cause the weather warmed up to a "comfy" 30F.

Turned out to be the battery, but I did learn a good lesson. Initially, I used the 90 Volvo (w/ jumper cables) to jump the 93 and still obtained that slow start performance. Although I then figured my problem was with the starter, I decided to take the BB's good advice and physically change the battery and surprisingly, that made all the difference in the world. Apparently, through the use of a jump start, the old battery must exert an influence to reduce the current available from the good battery to turn the starter. In any event, when I swapped the battery, all was fine. A new battery is all I need and the starter is fine.

Also I always use 10W30 so there shouldn't have been an issue with the oil. Thanks for everyone's help and thoughfulness.

Marty Wolfson
90 244 216K, 93 244 160K, 93 144 108K






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