Thanks all, presume it has the standard Odyssey on it but will check at some point! I wanted to fire it before covering it up so will need to uncover it to investigate, but that may have to wait with baby 3 imminent.. cheers

Originally Posted by James B W
Nick

I had this on my Aero S1.

Battery was always kept on trickle charge ;permanent and then timed intervals - (but thats another story!).I didn't always get the dreaded 'click' but often enough to be annoying.

I fitted a new Odyssey battery (I think I'm on my 3rd!) and it did improve a little ,but always reverted.

Having some other work done I bit the bullet and got the starter motor replaced and ........end of problem thumbs
It now fires on the button.I believe the starter gets well 'cooked' from the engine heat, coupled with (perhaps) a potentially degraded earth and a battery just off top performance and Bingo swear

I know you said the starter has been replaced but, was it a decent unit - lots of poor quality re-furbed and Chinesium copies out there.Also, I'm not sure how long their shelf life is in the un-friendly environment.

Worth checking before investing in a new battery.....

James

Thanks James - good point, I will have to check through the paperwork - majority of the work on it has been done by the factory, so with any luck the starter was as well and it is a genuine unit, if I recall the invoice wasn't cheap..

It has only done about 5/600 miles since the work was done, so hopefully it hasn't been cooked to much - but if it is a cheap unit then who knows.

Either way hopefully that all points to the starter being ok, and it being the easier/cheaper fix! drive

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