I am sort of busy so I will keep it short

tropical storm eduarti(whatever its called) flooded the area, I am usually pretty good at avoiding deep puddles but one surprised me, I drove thought i normal stuff like belts, and brakes working like crap for a bit. Well about an hour later when I started the car, thye starter sounded like it whirred a bit with out hte car cranking, I stopped and started it againa and car cranked and started.

drove to where I had to go and it had the smae problem, so I started the car, let it heat waaay up doo to an unrelated cooling fan problem. then dorve soem more, then pakred, let car heat up again, then shut it off. I am hoping its something simple like water shorting a connection, and maybe the heat, will help dry it up.

any ideas, other then replace starter?




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-Eric
1994 Medium Quaser Blue Camaro 3.4L V6 w/ 5-speed
Stock blocked, boltons only.
15.696@86.22 with a 2.214 60'!
Best R/T .507 Best 60' 2.078
Father's Stock 2000 Navy Blue Camaro 3.8L V6 w/ 5-speed
15.875@88.25 With wheel spin in 1st
3.4L F-body where 15s are fast....
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Well, it probably wouldn't hurt to at least pull the conn's to make sure they AREN'T the problem, then just tighten em back up, that way you know that they are good...you may even wanna pull the starter off and make sure everything seem ok with it..I know water pulled the front fascia off my bud's car one time when he hit it to fast, so make sure there's nothing freaky going on that you can fix. But, most likely, you're just looking at a new starter

 

clean the connections with a wire brush and put them back on......tight! its a bitch to get to the connections, but its more of a bitch to replace the whole thing, beleive me!

good luck eric!

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chris - got to keep the maro!
-94 3.4L A4 camaro, 15.84 @ 87,
-other car- 1973 plymouth satellite,built 360.
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Once it dried out, its worked great this morning. And every start since then.

thanks for the help though.



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-Eric
1994 Medium Quaser Blue Camaro 3.4L V6 w/ 5-speed
Stock blocked, boltons only.
15.696@86.22 with a 2.214 60'!
Best R/T .507 Best 60' 2.078
Father's Stock 2000 Navy Blue Camaro 3.8L V6 w/ 5-speed
15.875@88.25 With wheel spin in 1st
3.4L F-body where 15s are fast....
www.fbodyv6.com
www.firebirdv6.com
www.camaroz28.com
AIM: MustangEater82