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Changing starter all the time, Caravelle - 5/5/2008 11:10:50 PM

jero

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The last year we have changed the starter on my VW Caravelle minibus 2,4 D (1996) four times. Something ais destroying the starter. Have anybody had the same problem ?

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RE: Changing starter all the time, Caravelle - 5/6/2008 9:28:46 AM

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check the flywheel. It may be missing a tooth or something and tearing the starter gear. Is that what is getting messed up?

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RE: Changing starter all the time, Caravelle - 5/7/2008 3:55:19 AM

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Thanks for the message. I `ve talked to VW norway and they say that this might be the proplem. It is an exspencive operation, so we are not shure yet...but thank you for the reply..

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RE: Changing starter all the time, Caravelle - 5/7/2008 2:42:50 PM

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so that place you talked to said it might be a missing tooth also? Flywheels aren't bad just time consuming.

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RE: Changing starter all the time, Caravelle - 5/8/2008 2:29:07 PM

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they said that if something was wrong with the flywheel it might cause problems with the starter. But now I`ve got my car back and the reasen why the starter was damaged was something wrong in the electric wiring. The fuse for delivering of fuel/ diesel has been changed a lot to, and the reasen for this is the same error in the electric wiring. Now I suppose the starter will be working for a longer time. Thank you for your replies. I `ve learned something new. As you might read, I am not a mechanic...

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