is my starter toast? (pbly already know the answer)

[roccolister@hotmail.com (Craig Williams)]

Sounds like the starter is gone. If you're going to buy a new starter, 
consider going with one from a turbo diesel car. Those things crank up super 
fast. That's what I put in my car and it's killer.

-- Craig


>From: "Jeff Toomasson" <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: is my starter toast? (pbly already know the answer)
>Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 14:56:00 -0700
>
>When I got into my 16v at lunch, I turned the key and the cranking was 
>screeching much like worn belts..   UGGHHH!
>
>It actually started and ran without problems. An hour later after lunch the 
>starter was even noiser and laboring much like when the battery is 
>drained...(though the battery is less than a year old and of the highest 
>cranking amps available). I'm sure I'll have a better idea when I leave in 
>a few minutes...
>
>The thing is, it just happened all of a sudden. No warning, no 
>nothing...Welcome back to Scirocco ownership, folks!
>
>Looks like I'm driving the cabby for the rest of the week (not a bad thing 
>except that my stock cat-back has rusted apart - can you say header? (well, 
>not really...)
>
>JT




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