For the past two days ive been having trouble starting my 89'Corolla GTS. It would start fine in the morning, but say after a drive of 20min+ the car would just click when i turned the ignition. So today having some free time on my hands i decided to just take out the starter and have it tested at the local Kragen. Tested the starter and the results were good. It was pulling 58 amps(forgot what measure of energy) IIRC. So then i pop the sucker back in the car and it still does the same crap...clicks when i turn the key. I suspect it to be a hot start issue.
A little history on my car: bought it 2 months ago, had the original motor (229k+miles) swapped out for a 30kmile JDM 4age, reused the original transmission, and the PO had some shop install this one jumper pack on the starter to prevent "hot starts". Ive seen this done on my previous car (Porsche 914). But yeah the overall location for the starter on our cars is very poor, being that it sits in between the engine block and the exhaust manifold.
So has anyone had a similar situation? And has found a solution? For these past two days ive had to push start my car, and once it was by myself, boy was that fun and interesting
A little history on my car: bought it 2 months ago, had the original motor (229k+miles) swapped out for a 30kmile JDM 4age, reused the original transmission, and the PO had some shop install this one jumper pack on the starter to prevent "hot starts". Ive seen this done on my previous car (Porsche 914). But yeah the overall location for the starter on our cars is very poor, being that it sits in between the engine block and the exhaust manifold.
So has anyone had a similar situation? And has found a solution? For these past two days ive had to push start my car, and once it was by myself, boy was that fun and interesting