Hi all,

Wondering if anyone can help me out with my starting problem. Basically the starter motor on my Rallye died, was really sluggish to turn over and reached the point where it wouldn't engage at all - no clicks or nothing. When I took the old starter motor out I noticed it has 9 teeth, whereas the (larger) recon'd unit I got from my local factors has 11 teeth. Fitted it anyway and the car started up fine.

However I turned it off and on a few times and on the fifth time it wouldn't start at all. Starter just clicked once and them nothing. Took the key out the ignition, tried again and it was fine, but again on the fifth time it wouldn't start again

Does anyone have any ideas what would be causing this? Would the number of teeth on the pinion, or how powerful the starter is make any difference to the car starting?

Any information / help would be appreciated.

Cheers.

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'98 Nile Blue 306 GTi 6

Locating lugs? Not sure what you mean Chris, but it fitted fine. Tried 2 batteries in the car prior to changing the starter and it made no difference. It's a reconditioned starter. Will look into the TDC sensor if I can rule out the starter, don't want to start throwing money at parts in the hope it will fix it.

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'98 Nile Blue 306 GTi 6

Sure battery is ok ? Sounds like battery problem to me ? Check the alternator output when car is running to rule out poor charging

Took the earth straps off today to find this...



Think some of the broken wiring could be the problem? Replacement negative cable is £95.17 inc. VAT from Peugeot, think this might be a factors purchase!

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'98 Nile Blue 306 GTi 6

If I can't get a replacement cable I might just cut the old terminals off and fit new.

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'98 Nile Blue 306 GTi 6

Just goes to show how important a good earth is