You experience a starter motor noise on your Land Rover Discovery every time you start your vehicle. We agree that this is not pleasant and that you have questions. Listening such a noise is not always a good sign, but it may also be nothing severe. To support you remedy this issue, our team has chosen to produce this content to assist you in this research. First, we will describe how the starter motor works on your Land Rover Discovery, and then what starter motor noises you can know on your Land Rover Discovery.
Functioning and various information
Function of a starter motor on Land Rover Discovery
The starter motor is an electric motor whose only task is to start the engine of your car. By a magnetic system and a “serial” technology, it will generate an enormous torque that will allow it to drive the pistons of the engine that are subjected to enormous compression and an oil that provides additional resistance being not very fluid when cold.
It is completed by the “solenoid”. It is an electromagnet that goes under a 12 volt electric impulse to push the fork (link component between the “solenoid” and the electric motor of the starter) and thus engage the starter drive pinion on the engine flywheel. Following this action, once in engagement, the starter motor of your Land Rover Discovery is activated and turns the drive pinion on the flywheel to start the engine.
How to avoid starter motor noises on Land Rover Discovery
- Do not try to start your engine for too long
- Do not use a starter motor on Land Rover Discovery with a tired battery
Even if your engine does not start because of tired glow plugs, for example, or because the weather is too cold. You should not try to start for more than a few seconds or you will burn it.
Although when you have a battery that is empty, you always want to start your car, the energy it is capable of holding may not be enough to generate the power required by the starter motor to start your engine. Repeated attempts will pre-use your starter motor and if you do not resolve the reason of your failure to start repeatedly, your starter may be the future component you will have to swap.
I experience noises from the starter motor of my Land Rover Discovery, what are the causes?
I encounter a loud noise from the starter of my Land Rover Discovery
If you listen to a starter motor noise on Land Rover Discovery and you have the feeling that it is close to a loud noise, it is possible that it is the starter motor gears that are at the origin of it. Indeed, often when the component has been dismantled for other maintenance, its adjustment in relation to the engine flywheel may no longer be optimal, in which circumstance the gears will be worn down with time and will not slip and will no longer properly engage the engine when starting. Check the condition of the drive pinion, if it is the element responsible of the starter motor noise on your Land Rover Discovery replace it.
If it is a noise in the front of your car but it seems to you after examining not to come from your starter, read this content about front end noise on Land Rover Discovery which may give you other leads to remedy your noise issue.
I experience a clicking noise of the key running in my neiman but no noise at the starter motor of my Land Rover Discovery
If you experience a clicking noise at the starter motor of your Land Rover Discovery, there are two possible failures related to this indicator. If you have in addition to the noise the motor is not running, it may be the “solenoid” is not supplied with energy. One of the most common ways to relaunch it is to hit it with a metal bar to remove the dust that blocks it. If that is not enough, it may be the neiman who is concerned. You might have a issue with unplugged cable examine your electrical installation. If after tracking this clicking noise on Land Rover Discovery doesn’t come from your starter motor, check this article for more informations.
