Starter Symptoms

[loadblower]

Hi All.

I have long suspected the starter motor in my '98 car to be not as good as it should be.

In trying to start up after a period of inactivity due to weather, there was a clicking sound and the whirring of the starter motor which slowed before it stopped completely. The battery is giving 12.5 volts, fuel pump and everything priming up ok. Lights on the dash don't dim when I try to start, so is there any chance this could be anything other than the starter motor?

Just wanted to get the benefit of experience before I order the new motor and get her up on stands to replace...

By the way, AA man came out today and tapped the starter several times without any success. He believes that it is almost certainly the starter.

Any comments much appreciated.

RB

[Milky400]

sounds the same as the issue i had a couple of months ago, fitted a new starter then realised the old one had been giving up for some time

[loadblower]

Thanks for that.

For some time it has struggled to turn it over, particularly when cold. Looks like it has died..!

[Milky400]

sounds like thats the case, not hugely expensive, but a nightmare when your stuck in the middle of knowhere, and the AA cannot find you, trust me!!!!!!!