chris200100 Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 The starter motor stuck on yesterday as I was driving, I've changed that. And the wire that caused the issue the one that goes for the starter to the alternator, now it's turning over but not starting could something else have gone?? Coil?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorrick Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Hi Chris Depending on what Alternator you have and engine configuration, they was a system on some of the V8's that if the starting system did not see a feed coming from the alternator it would not let the engine start ass it thought that the fan belt had broken so the water pump would not be turning and the Alternator would not work. It might be worth having a look along those lines. Regards Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris200100 Posted February 3, 2013 Author Share Posted February 3, 2013 Thanks Richard, I've sorted it now after a long search it was a disconnected plug by the bulkhead I must have done it while I was moving the cables around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorrick Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 That’s good to know, I found the same when I took my manifold off for the second time in two weeks, I had disconnected the Air Monitoring Valve for some reason the first time and it was still undone two weeks later, worrying thing was it didn’t seem to make any difference ? Regards Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 they was a system on some of the V8's that if the starting system did not see a feed coming from the alternator it would not let the engine start ass it thought that the fan belt had broken so the water pump would not be turning and the Alternator would not work. I've never heard of that before, that's quite a wacky thing for a manufacturer to want to do. How can they sense the lack of alternator movement without turning the starter to turn the belt then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorrick Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Hi FridgeFeezer Looking at Chris's post, Chris had unstuck the Starter Motor and so the engine WOULD turn over but not start ? Regards Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quagmire Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 The only fail safe I know of was the one where if oil pressure dropped then the ignition is turned off- this got my brother once when he drove to college one morning in my dads 101 with a low oil level. Conked out halfway down the dead-end lane to the school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorrick Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Hi Quagmire This is a safety stop on most Air Cooled Dieseld that I work on as the fan belt drives the cooling fan as well as Alternator, Just thought I would throw my 2 penneth in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quagmire Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Every day is a school day as they say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quagmire Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 ....and I meant that as me learning something new... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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