Starts sluggish?
 

My 88 with 150K miles on it starts kinds slow to me. 800CCA battery thats around 2 years old, I dont know about the starter. Cold it takes about 5 full seconds to kick over and it isn't real fast. When it's warm its about 3 full seconds, still slow to me. What do you guys think?


I think I should take the cables off, scrub the ends to make sure they are super clean(no current corrosion though)and put some dielectric grease on the ends. And I also found out the plugs in my truck aren't the good stock AC Delco ones, they are Bosch Platinum Plus(ew). So I will spends the $15 and order some from RockAuto and gap them at .035 like they should be. Thanks, Bradley

Re: Starts sluggish?
 

Make sure taht all your connections are tight and rust free neg pos and down to the starter and the ground for the engine to the batt becarful with tte starter cable to the solinoid nut they like to break if too tight

Re: Starts sluggish?
 

bring the battery somewhere that has a battery tester, check the cca's after 2 years you probably are not at 800 anymore, I had the same issue, I just installed a red top optima, world of difference.

Re: Starts sluggish?
 

The starter in my Burb got really slow about a month before it went out totally.

Also the starter on my jeep got slow as well and I found out I had an oil leak and it was leaking on my starter and the insides were all oiled up. I took it apart and cleaned it all with brake cleaner and it is still working like a champ.

Re: Starts sluggish?
 

Thanks guys

Re: Starts sluggish?
 

align and tighten the starter. this has helped me in the past.