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07-22-2011, 01:13 PM

fliha

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starter not engaging

After a 2000 mile road trip with no problems, I parked my 2003 XK8 in the garage, while wet. Left it untouched for several days, then went to start it up,but the started just whirred. I tried "bumping" the ignition, but no help. With my old Ford V-8, I just had to tap the starter on the exterior casing to fix, but I am not happy with that on my toy. Any ideas?

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07-22-2011, 04:13 PM

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Welcome to the forum!

Sounds like the old saying: 'rode hard and put up wet'.

You are probably correct that the starter just needs to be 'bumped'. Try that or replace the starter.

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07-23-2011, 10:06 AM

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Sounds like the starter pinion gear is not engaging the engine ring gear.
Link to starter writeup
Starter motor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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03-05-2013, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by test point

You are probably correct that the starter just needs to be 'bumped'. Try that or replace the starter.

Hey, sorry, first post here. I have exactly the same problem. I'm not sure what you mean by "bumped". As an automatic it can't be jump started, do you just mean hit with a rubber hammer or something? If so, must be done from below, right?

Kevin

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03-05-2013, 07:09 PM

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Long, long ago in a far away place I kept a 3' piece of a wooden broom stick in my '56 Chevy to 'bump' the starter when the solenoid failed to throw out the starter gear. Worked then, probably will work now.

Of course, now we just replace the starter.

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