Intermittent electrical problem when starting
We just returned from a 10 day trip 600 miles from home. We had one problem, and I have never had this happen before. Occasionally when I turn the key to start the engine I will hear the starter sol...
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Roland,
Don't skip the checks, but I see this sort of thing all the time in the boats I tend. It is a bad battery cable junction. Plan to disassemble and clean all the terminals from the start battery to the the starter. In vehicles, it gets really bad with the salt on the roads - Like along Huron River Drive. So, if you clean and re-assemble all the connections with some di-electric grease, it will be a long time before the problem comes up again. All greases (except some specials) are di-electric, but what is sold as di-electric grease has near Zero film strength, so, it cannot prevent and electrical connection form happening when it is made. It can protect that connection from some intrusion.
Matt - over off Savage
Don't skip the checks, but I see this sort of thing all the time in the boats I tend. It is a bad battery cable junction. Plan to disassemble and clean all the terminals from the start battery to the the starter. In vehicles, it gets really bad with the salt on the roads - Like along Huron River Drive. So, if you clean and re-assemble all the connections with some di-electric grease, it will be a long time before the problem comes up again. All greases (except some specials) are di-electric, but what is sold as di-electric grease has near Zero film strength, so, it cannot prevent and electrical connection form happening when it is made. It can protect that connection from some intrusion.
Matt - over off Savage
