How to test your starter motor & solenoid - Starter troubleshooting

[@billsmith7673]

I agree with all the commenters who commend you for not including a bunch of fluff and getting right to the point. I hate the videos of people who love to hear themselves talk and and who use stupid exaggerated gestures and corny intros. My time is valuable. Your video was very informative. It made perfect sense. Going to test my tractor starter tomorrow.

[@vusindlovu8897]

Some people are naturally born with teaching skills. Mind blasting tutorial! Outstanding👌 God bless you!

[@Halicet]

Thank you, This was an excellent video, that got straight to the point of exactly all the ways to test my starter/solenoid and know if it's bad or not without a bunch of unnecessary time wasting extra content. I salute you sir! Keep up the great content!

[@MrMelvin3300]

Thank you for this! Really helped me ensure I wasn't spending money on a starter for nothing. Appreciate you taking the time to make and post this.

[@Irondrgntp]

Best video on youtube for Starter and solenoid troubleshooting. Thank you!

[@roee12031]

Great Video! Straight forward, scripted so we could pause and follow. Really helped me diagnose my 81 Delco Remy . Cheers

[@PebbleInMyPocket]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. It's exactly what I need to know without 10 minutes of waffle.

[@DDGraphicArtandSign]

Excellent! Still helping folks after all these years!

[@rondumont74]

Thanks your video saved my butt getting my Kubota running after a snow storm and I tried several things over a couple hours. Watched this and with a screw driver jumped positive to ignition paddle on solenoid- starter kicked in. Used key for glow plugs and did it again - tractor started right up. This tells me ignition not sending enough volts to starter. BUT I can simply install a momentary push switch to solve the issue. Thanks again

[@6axisptyltd453]

Excellent video! Straight to the point and checks all components. 👍

[@franksimpson9323]

Excellent and thorough. Exactly what I needed to learn. Thank you!!

[@khamteh29]

Ten times better than going to school. Learn heaps in 3 minutes. Thanks dude

[@tobi-Mivumbi]

Going to school today is so shame

[@driver3025]

Best starter motor video on U tube hands down. Cheers bloke

[@lmakula71]

Thank you very much ! Now I am not confused, and I can check the starter motor 👌👌👌👋

[@randomusername0]

The guys disliking this tutorial are these who throw their working starters without testing it. Perfect video.

[@Dazman-ju1tu]

Great video, very helpful and to the point. wording needs to stay up for twice as long.

[@jackgrondin1351]

VERY helpful. thank you. worked just like you explained it. I was able to determine it was my starter.

[@schmittenhammer]

Short and to the point, thanks!!!

[@DreiGhost]

Very good explanation

[@tahep3906]

this is what I was looking for to understand how motorcycle starter system works, thanks a lot!

[@sarahicastromatei3920]

Gu. .

[@lemoinexavier]

No bla bla bla, just to the point. Great video. Thx!

[@ericsvalgard9220]

this is a great video. No bullcrap

[@TehKaiser]

Superb video. Other videos are not as comprehensive on what to check out, such as the solenoid failure mode and checking for voltage.

[@michael6692]

just tested mine the motor is f,,, and so is the solenoid ,, new all round thank s bud good vid

[@davidamata1]

Great video thanks for you demo 👌

[@callmebackfriday2]

I got a used one OEM starter in ebay and now I know how to test it before installation. Thanks for the excellent video. By the way, anyone how how long starter will last for a Toyota Corolla (it has 190,000 miles), about time go bad ? Thanks

[@gordondaniels96]

straight to the point very helpful

[@PaulHenreid]

Excellent video. Thank you!

[@ACommenterOnYouTube]

i did all these tests and the starter was still defective, it would push out and spin but with NO load, once you put the engine load on it, it would not crank the motor.

[@RAJIMAX8]

Thank you, I checked using video, both solenoid and motor works but I couldn't work out how to wire to test the voltage using the multimeter, the video doesn't show what wire goes where, can you explain please?

[@markjennings2315]

Brilliant, many thanks for posting!!

[@robertunger4571]

I had a 1 click when I started my 2002 tahoe keep clicking and eventually it would start. Oreillys tested it 5 time checked ot good. Replaced it anyway and now it works perfect.

[@eoincc]

Very well done, clear and precise this.. cheers great help 👌👌👌💯

[@bozomula]

Thanks man great tutorials

[@vladimirstankovic4096]

Thanks a lot, the best explanation. I know repeating myself. How many times can I press the subscribe and lake buttons.

[@hurricane2madaba]

Great tutorial thanks alot

[@Junqueira2233]

Hi, where could be a problem, if starter rotates, but pinion doesn't push out? Starter is new. I changed it, because of this problem. It hapenned on my last ride before winter time. When I was running on highway, engine stall suddenly. So I glided to the highway exit and put cas aside and tried to start engine, but it didn't. Only starter was moving. We towed to my garage and there I noticed, that starter didn't move with crankshaft. I tried to change starter relay, but it didn't help.

[@prabhavathiprakasam2769]

Simply nice and helpful to all Dr.K.Prakasam

[@BEEBEE159]

That was awesome demonstration. Even an idiot like me could understand. Thank you.

[@peterbonetti9643]

Good info, nice layout too. Thank you.

[@brahmabob1225]

Nice and simple. Excellent work, brutha!

[@lawdawg0364]

Thanks for this video. It helped me a lot

[@cocabbae1868]

When the motor pinion often stuck, what do I need to fix? It usually works but sometimes stuck. Do I need to replace the magnetic part or motor part?

[@kalvink100]

Excellent demo. George C.

[@yurialcatraz7424]

thanks for this video, now i know my problem: this is solenoid internal contact, because connecting motor directly, it work. if i open solenoid and clean this contact, maybe can i repair it?

[@mikem5475]

Yes!

[@jorgecabrera2589]

Good video, very good, just instructional

[@Davpana]

Hi, i want to test the solenoid of the starter motor without to dismounting it from the car, can i do this whitout making damage? obviously i disconnect battery from the car before. Thanks. When you are writing that the internal contact of solenoid is bad in the video instead i think it's only the tester probe that doesn't make contact with metal of the bolt, it is covered of dirt.

[@teravolt6113]

So these sound much like a power drill when freed from the engine. Never heard the whine except on some buses when the engine went idle and the pinion was released. Thanks for the video.

[@Davpana]

Good video, but the part where it uses the tester is useless 'cause if the motor starts then by force there is voltage on the positive input of the motor. The right test was to put the + of battery only to the spade connector and with the meter in ohm test between + batt input of motor and + batt output contact to motor stator

[@simonilett998]

By rights if the solenoid contacts were bad the motor obviously wouldn't spin, but there is much less load on the motor when it's not trying to turn an engine, so not a conclusive test. Also, your ohms test method is also not the best way to test the solenoid, as without the main battery cable connected and motor not running, there is no current draw accross the solenoid contacts, so you could well see a good ohms test even if the intetnal terminals weren't making a good connection to carry the high current the motor needs. The best test would be a volt drop test across the solenoid terminals, with the motor running. Set volt meter to 20volt setting and place the (+) Test probe on the battery feed terminal, and (-) Test probe on the motor feed terminal, then trigger the motor to run via the start terminal. You want to see as low a voltage reading as possible across the 2 terminals (preferably less than 1 volt, or better would be in the milli-volts range) with the motor running/circuit loaded for the most conclusive test. This then proves very little voltage drop/loss across the internal contacts of the solenoid👍

[@modimaruti5874]

Great informative video sir 👍 👍 👍 great work sir 👍 👍 👍 best regards for the future videos 👍 👍 👍 👍

[@tyronekelly433]

Excellent fairplay.

[@_cloudface_]

Connected the positive cable to the positive battery terminal and then to the ignition part of the starter, then I connected the negative to the body of the starter; when I connected to the negative terminal of the battery it kinda sparked and left a mark on the terminal...and the pinion moved forward and did a slow rotate thing...I'm confused ayy

[@jonnasvictoli682]

iwant to know which why is easy to fix and to test the engine and the names of equipment that needed when fix it

[@JuanCarlos-pc4gu]

loud and clear sir!

[@matrixate]

Brilliant exhibition.

[@AskHack]

The starter sticks on my boat and when it does kick in it barely turns the motor over with the plugs out even. I hate myself because its on the bottom and im going to get really drunk now. Thanks for the video when i get up with a shitty hangover i will be able to test it but i know already its bad.

[@billyjack3361]

Excellent video. Thank you.

[@emth7084]

FUCK!! that starter test scared the shit out of me!! XD i thougt you were going to check the voltage for some reason X,D

[@fcatlantida8765]

Jumper cable is prob a better term that positive terminal

[@joejoemcgee]

Thanks for this!

[@orionburton7924]

thanks very simple and helpful

[@franciscorosas2423]

helpfull for the most part! but i know your not suppose to bang on the starter because then it fucks up the brushes or permanent magnets inside then your screwed and need to replace the starter. Why dont you just open the starter up and fix the the problem directly?

[@dennispittman4555]

Informative video... Thanks for the upload

[@MrLee20099]

Where can I buy the lead you used to bridge the connection?

[@Sergio-bs4dx]

Great video!!

[@rudihenry5298]

Great video, thanks a lot

[@macksoneh]

2:33 Test 4: Electrical motor testing - Would it be safer to use the thicker red cable instead of this think tester cable and probe?

[@YT-glockstreamer]

Mines just spins but doesn't engage do I need to get a whole starter

[@walther89]

dose it need to move freely also by moving with fingers ? or it needs to be very hard ?

[@fkp1692]

Very nice, thanks.

[@easycookingbd3760]

Hlw sir, can you plz help me to know, how I can calculate what size of AH battery do I need to start a 10 KW self-starter. Plz explain with formula

[@soonerclark]

Where is the cable hooked to? Space?

[@muqadaskhan8011]

Thanks your sir

[@achmaddarussalam]

Why the pinion should spin without moving forwads ? Its problem the selenoid starter ?

[@Al-rx1vs]

In my Vista petrol no click sound coming all other lights working fine.why starter motor getting jam and what is the average repair cost

[@paulscontainersltd.4020]

The video helped me Alot Btw what is the spade ?

[@KingGumboot]

Late reply but in case future viewers have this question, the "spade" mentioned is just a small tab of metal that a cable (from the ignition) connects to.

[@rebeccacurtis3880]

Great video! If I want to run these tests myself, does anyone know the name for the leads I'd need? I have a multimeter

[@castormoses4260]

am student of NIT but i like to understand more about automotive.

[@valcic1993]

i have problem out of car its working that bud wheni crank engine do clickk and starter turningbat no cranking flywheel

[@ankitbaraili3394]

how much current does it takes to run

[@g.j.dutoit4447]

Why if bench test ford ranger starter, it not stay ingauge if i keep small wire on pin. It uningage with start small wire on start point. It must only uningage only when i take of start thin wire, am i right or wrong? Rrrrrealy hope someone can help me. Thanks guys.

[@10MTRADERSACADEMY]

Thank you brother 😍

[@rogerjamespaul6741]

I recently installed a new starter on my Same corsaro70 tractor, and it makes a loud rattling noise while starting the tractor. Does anyone know what the problem could be.

[@priyanshsharma480]

how much current does the solenoid draw?

[@Banditt42]

Great video. But I really miss a long introduction graphic followed by 5 minutes of babbling on about how great you are and trying to sell something before giving useful information.

[@jahfiyah619]

Should i be able to move the pinion freely ..if i shake it should the pinion move back and forth freely

[@jahfiyah619]

Without connection

[@huseyin1312]

Very thanks !!!

[@raitshots]

Coal defec. Rebuild and again work

[@sunnycampers4249]

Brilliant..... thank you :-)

[@justcrusin4029]

Connected it backwards before watching video , put negative on ignition tab , possitive on the terminal . Will this have burnt it out ?

[@swedensy]

no. Tab is just turn run current through the electromagnet coil of the relay. Relays works same way no meter the polarity.

[@davidpaz1280]

how can i fix the problem when the pinion moves forwards but does not rotate and i cant fix it with the hammer?

[@Farmer2492]

Hi I have a chev diesel motor when i put a charged battery in and go to turn it over it sounds like the battery is flat does it sound like the starter

[@farerse]

can the issue also be that it spins but does not move forward ?

[@TomsTenorHorn]

Hi Farerse ... not really possible unless you have the heavy wire from your battery or alternator connected to the wrong terminal on your starter ... it acts as a relay switch ... when the solenoid is energised via the ignition it pulls a piston inwards (pivoting the gear forward) and a circuit is made within the solenoid housing allowing the current to flow from the heavy wire on the solenoid case across to the other heavy wire that feeds the starter motor ... when you release the ignition the solenoid is de-energised and a spring pushes the piston forward breaking the feed to the starter motor and pivots the gear back in.

[@simonilett998]

I'm surprised your test lead or test probe didn't melt running that motor directly🤣

[@johnpalma7265]

Thank you ,sir.

[@firassaed4944]

Hello I have a question important .is me can to use of Motor starter the car this in the game scooter baby weight 25 kilo please respond and thank you ???

[@hermanmelville2029]

very good

[@michael_mack]

thx a lot!!!

[@laeekansari500]

Fantastic

[@mehulprajapati5690]

U can talk me appeox rpm of indica diesel starter?? Which value peak amp. Gain on load?