Xantia Starter motor

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Nigel999
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Xantia Starter motor

Post by Nigel999 »

To raise the suspension on my non starting xantia my mechanic cranked the car over until he had raised the suspension to the changing wheel postion. Is this a normal thing to do to raise the suspension when the car wont start. Would this not reduce the life of the starter motor and indeed the battery?
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Post by oilyspanner »

Sound like expediency to me, as long as the guy did it in bursts rather than continuously cranking it, proves the battery is a good un though, and the hyd pump must be good too, Ill wager you could make toast using the heat radiating from the starter though.
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Post by ACTIVE8 »

The same technique is used to get any car moving, when the clutch hyraulics/cable has failed.
As long as the clutch can still transmit power, you just start it in gear. Although you have to be careful!
Also the loading will be greater, and the starter will get HOT !!
I had a clutch cable go on a car years ago.
When faced with the cable dissappearing through the bulkhead, and the need to get out of the traffic flow you resort to "expedience" as oilyspanner said.
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