Starter Booster, I hate to revisit this topic, but... Options

[black914]

I have found this topic through a search but my question remains unanswered! I went down to the Queen City yesterday to do a repair on my son's 924S. The trip is essentially 85 miles of 65 miles per hour non-stop driving. When I arrived and rested for about thrity minutes, we decided to go get something to eat first, got in the 914, turned the ignition switch and no turnover. The fuel pump was operating but the starter was not getting the signal. I let it cool for a while, attempted to crank it again and it fired right away. We ran a few errands and made about three stops requiring the engine to be turned off and restarted and I encountered no problems. Went home later in the day around 6:30PM, traveled the miles at 65 steady for about one hour, stopped to get a cola, got back in, attempted to crank it, but again, nothing. Fortunately a good samaritan help me push it off and I got it cranked okay. I got home safely.

I notice that Bosch has encountered this problem before and they have offered a starter booster kit that cures the hot starter problem by boosting the voltage to the starter. My 914 has a remanufactured starter (don't know the age because it was installed by the previous owner).

Would this cure my problem? Apparently it has been a problem in the past or Bosch would not have offered a cure.

Comments?

[jasons]

I just think the relay makes sense. Even if you have a new starter, why source all the starter current through however much wiring and a ignition switch. Also, if you install the relay, its convenient to add remote start in the event your ignition switch fails or its easy to add a kill switch. Sure you can do both of those without the relay too. But, I would take caution adding a remote start switch directly across the starter. Thats alot of current and you need a switch that can handle it.

I have a non-914 car that, when I bought it, had a screwed up ignition switch. Dumbass PO installed a switch directly across the starter poles. It wasn't rated for the current and eventually, it shorted so the car sat there with the starter running. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif)

I have seen this problem with chevy's, VW's, and 914's alike. Before I knew about the Bosch relay, I used a Ford solenoid in my FJ40 landcruiser with a 350 swap to cure this problem. This was after a starter and 2 solenoids didn't cure it. One of my Best friends went through at least 2 starters and I don't know how many solenoids in a VW bus before he gave up and sold the bus. (We didn't know the fix then, we learned it shortly after he sold it, while I had my Landcruiser.)

Point is, its cheap, it works, its electronically sound.

If you don't believe me, then I suggest you just add a Flux Capacitor.
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