ChrisPDuck
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- Joined
- Aug 31, 2022
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- Location
- Nottingham
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- 2010 S212 E500, 2006 W221 S600, 1983 VW T25, 1984 Alfasud 1.5ti GrCl, 2008 Chrysler 300C SRT Design
My car always starts very easily when cold - the starter spins fast and the engine kicks into life very quickly. But I've noticed a couple of times that the starter motor is much more sluggish, and the engine takes a few turns before it will start, after a longish journey - I hesitate to call it a hot starting problem, because the weather hasn't been particularly hot since I bought the car in August, but it does only seem to do this when restarting after running for a while. And it usually doesn't do this - it's only really happened 2 or 3 times that I can recall.
The battery is a Bosch S5 that's just over a year old, and as far as I can tell the charging system is working fine. I've only just discovered the in-dash voltage/current display though, so will get into the habit of checking that before every start, to see if anything is different when it's hot. My iCarSoft doesn't show any errors.
Any suggestions for where I should be investigating?
The battery is a Bosch S5 that's just over a year old, and as far as I can tell the charging system is working fine. I've only just discovered the in-dash voltage/current display though, so will get into the habit of checking that before every start, to see if anything is different when it's hot. My iCarSoft doesn't show any errors.
Any suggestions for where I should be investigating?