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Date:         Sun, 3 Jan 1904 02:16:20 -0500
Reply-To:     Rob Wilke <wilpho@MCN.NET>
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From:         Rob Wilke <wilpho@MCN.NET>
Subject:      Northern Starter Blues  -Mystery # 2
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For the past 18 months or so every time I take a road trip my starter doesn't always work. Last spring , for example my son and I were driving down to Scottsdale, AZ and when we stopped for gas in northern AZ after we'd fueled up she wouldn't start. On another trip last winter to Denver the same thing happened. The joke has been that my van will only start when I'm home in Montana. On my trip to Mexico last month she would not start after driving from Montana to St. George Utah. Strangley enough this was after she sat all night. Even stranger is she started fine the entire time I was in Mexico!! Then on my way to California she wouldn't start in AZ again. This continued on into CA and only after driving thru LA in a rain storm did she start again fine just south of Big Sur! So is this a clue?? My theory is the transaxle is throwing just a wee bit of oil up towards the starter on long trips and maybe some contact isn't being made??? I know that's a reach....after all she worked fine in Mexico.... I've had my mechanic go thru the system( alternator too) and everything looks ok....It always starts in Montana

Anybody got any good ideas on this??

Cheers Rob


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