Technical Starting difficulties - new starter motor fitted and battery less than a year old.

[TheLetch]

Easy start is mostly ether so very volatile (which is why it's so good as a starting aid). Of course if a backfire does ignite it you need to stop spraying it immediately - if you haven't already dropped the can in fright! If a backfire causes a flame in the throttle body the normal inclination is to think "Oh Cripes" and stand back while looking for a fire extinguisher. However, if the flame is within the throttle body orifice, which, if it happens, it most usually is, then just keeping on cranking will suck the flame in and extinguish it. Makes sense to have a fire extinguisher handy just in case. I've got two Co2, four powder and two, now illegal to use, Halon extinguishers which I can reach within seconds. In my whole lifetime of messing about at home with vehicles they've saved me from two serious incidents. One was a Sierra where the owner had been trying to do his own repair unsuccessfully and left the fuel line to the carb loose with predictable results - another Halon extinguisher saved that with almost no damage to the vehicle (just needed a fuel hose and low tension ignition wire. The other was the "famous" occasion when "Dad set his hands and overall cuffs on fire after spilling petrol, he'd been using to clean down a carb body, and got such a shock he (me) ran round the front garden waving his hands in the air in terror. My young daughter - maybe 6/7 years old saw me from the living room window and rushed through the kitchen shouting to Mum as she went "Dad's on fire, Dad's on fire" and through the connecting door to the garage where she grabbed my biggest powder extinguisher and put me out by emptying the entire contents over me, nearly asphyxiating me with the powder in the process - Did put the flames out though! Within less than 5 minutes my fingers looked like cooked sausages and I wasn't breathing too good. That one did necessitate Mrs J dropping me off at A&E!

I shouldn't laugh but that's pretty funny!

 

[John202020]

This is our 15 year old pop starting with a 4 year old battery

 

[TheLetch]

Because it's such a well known problem and it's such a quick thing to try - using a jump lead between the battery negative and engine block - It's very well worth just eliminating this. As long as you've got a jump lead it's all done in under 5 minutes including getting the jump lead out of the boot!

Just to clarify, do I have to detach the negative lead before using the jump lead or can I just leave it on?

 

[TheLetch]

This is our 15 year old pop starting with a 4 year old battery

I can only dream of a start up like that!

 

[John202020]

Just to clarify, do I have to detach the negative lead before using the jump lead or can I just leave it on?

Leave all in place, just add jumper cable, note how fast ours spins on the starter

 

[TheLetch]

Leave all in place, just add jumper cable, note how fast ours spins on the starter

Yes I did notice.....does that suggest my starter motor is the problem do you think?

 

[varesecrazy]

Yes I did notice.....does that suggest my starter motor is the problem do you think?

Hi,

Basically we are suspicious your Starter motor is being starved of power (swapping it hasn't "cured" the issue)

So either a poor battery
Or poor electrical circuit

The jump lead is just a 2nd earth path.. In case the FIAT one is rotting internally

It's that simple