stuart_hedges wrote:the pattern seems to be that the car starts fine in the mornings but is a bit more reluctant when it's hot.
and then also wrote:Drove to Canterbury and back over two days - 90 miles each way. Each time I drove the distance in one and re-started the car once I'd arrived, just to see if it would work. No problems. Garn.
Sound familiar? Starts fine cold, and fine just after a run, but give it 20 mins, and nothing.A while ago, I wrote: or a bit of heat soak into the starter making it a bit iffy. I've had a couple of starters that would work fine when cold, and fine when you'd not long stopped the engine. But there was a time period from about 20 mins after stopping to about an hour later when they would be a little tempremental, needing several twists of the key to make the solenoid go fully home, and hence energise the starter motor.
My guess is that the solenoid, it's pivot, or something to do with it is full of yuck. Strip, clean, rebuild. Cost: some smears of grease and some solder.
How did the house move go?