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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: Col5632 on 27 October 2011, 13:41

Title: Sticky starter motor
Post by: Col5632 on 27 October 2011, 13:41

What is the best way of fixing a sticky motor? The noise it makes is getting worse and worse and im sure it will eventually stop working all together :(

Title: Re: Sticky starter motor
Post by: barrym381 on 27 October 2011, 13:48

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=151809.0
have a look at this mate :smiley:

Title: Re: Sticky starter motor
Post by: Col5632 on 27 October 2011, 14:44

Thanks :)

Seems like a good bit of work :\

Title: Re: Sticky starter motor
Post by: Tazzy on 27 October 2011, 16:14

good link that

alternatively, take it to a motor factors and get them to recon it!  :cool:

Title: Re: Sticky starter motor
Post by: Col5632 on 27 October 2011, 17:17

Quote from: Tazzy on 27 October 2011, 16:14

good link that

alternatively, take it to a motor factors and get them to recon it!  :cool:

I was thinking that, just worried of the cost of doing that  :laugh:

Title: Re: Sticky starter motor
Post by: bullzeye on 28 October 2011, 02:30

ive lived with this for the last 6 months cos i dont wanna risk doing it lol and had a list too long that i needed to pay for so still squarking for now :(

Title: Re: Sticky starter motor
Post by: Big Tone on 28 October 2011, 08:59

Quote from: bullzeye on 28 October 2011, 02:30

ive lived with this for the last 6 months cos i dont wanna risk doing it lol and had a list too long that i needed to pay for so still squarking for now :(

Piece of p#ss bud, just dont pull the motor off the brushes like I did. (that is a pita to rebuild)

Fairly local to you so I dont mind giving you a hand.

Title: Re: Sticky starter motor
Post by: james2 on 28 October 2011, 17:13

oneday ill fix mine.I hate the noise it make. :lipsrsealed:

Title: Re: Sticky starter motor
Post by: bullzeye on 29 October 2011, 17:43

i will take you up on that bigtone when you not working all hours god sends and the mrs aint out in the thing

Title: Re: Sticky starter motor
Post by: gavgtiturbo on 29 October 2011, 22:56

Nearly 2 years mines been squealing like a pig  :laugh: still going strong,just pisses me off  :embarassed:

Title: Re: Sticky starter motor
Post by: bullzeye on 30 October 2011, 01:48

pulled up in a carpark once and heard the squark but my engine was running then realised there was an identical golf behind me haha had to re start mine to make him feel less embarassed  :grin:

Title: Re: Sticky starter motor
Post by: bobbarley on 30 October 2011, 02:15

My starter motor has been doing that since I bought it 3 years ago  :grin: