Chrysler 300 CRD 2007 UK 123k miles
My car is usually slow to turn over first start of the day. The starter motor does engage, but it turns slowly although the engine does start up after about 5-10 seconds. Most other times the starter turns at a reasonable speed although the car does still usually take 5 seconds or so to start up. I am confident the battery is fine as I bought a replacement recently and the slow turn start is still the same.
I have been reading through the forum about the small thin wire (aka exciter wire) that can cause starting problems although issues with this seem to be more around sometimes the starter doesn't turn at all, rather than a slow turn.
Anyway, I have got my car up on ramps, removed the under tray and have located the starter motor. Please can someone tell me if the exciter wire is the wire in the photos attached with the blue sleeve around it? I have pulled back the blue sleeve, but have not been able to pull off the wire, which I was expecting to have a spade connector on the end, it seems very tight so am wondering if this is not the exciter wire?
Are my slow to turn symptoms possibly due to a bad connection on this wire or is that likely to be caused by something else?
Many thanks.
My car is usually slow to turn over first start of the day. The starter motor does engage, but it turns slowly although the engine does start up after about 5-10 seconds. Most other times the starter turns at a reasonable speed although the car does still usually take 5 seconds or so to start up. I am confident the battery is fine as I bought a replacement recently and the slow turn start is still the same.
I have been reading through the forum about the small thin wire (aka exciter wire) that can cause starting problems although issues with this seem to be more around sometimes the starter doesn't turn at all, rather than a slow turn.
Anyway, I have got my car up on ramps, removed the under tray and have located the starter motor. Please can someone tell me if the exciter wire is the wire in the photos attached with the blue sleeve around it? I have pulled back the blue sleeve, but have not been able to pull off the wire, which I was expecting to have a spade connector on the end, it seems very tight so am wondering if this is not the exciter wire?
Are my slow to turn symptoms possibly due to a bad connection on this wire or is that likely to be caused by something else?
Many thanks.