You listen a starter motor noise on your Opel Zafira Tourer once you start your car. We agree that this is not pleasant and that you have questions. Finding out such a sound is not always a good indication, but it may also be nothing significant. To help you resolve this issue, our team has chosen to prepare this content page to support you in this research. First, we will describe how the starter motor works on your Opel Zafira Tourer, and then what starter motor noises you can notice on your Opel Zafira Tourer.
Functioning and various information
Function of a starter motor on Opel Zafira Tourer
The starter motor is an electric motor whose single role is to start the engine of your vehicle. By a magnetic system and a “serial” technology, it will release 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 Opel Zafira Tourer is activated and turns the drive pinion on the flywheel to start the engine.
How to avoid starter motor noises on Opel Zafira Tourer
- Do not try to start your engine for too long
- Do not use a starter motor on Opel Zafira Tourer 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 turn your key for more than a few seconds or you will burn your starter motor.
Although when you have a battery that is empty, you always want to start your vehicle, the energy it is capable of holding may not be good enough to generate the power demanded by the starter motor to start your engine. Repeated attempts will pre-use your starter motor and if you do not deal with the reason of your failure to start repeatedly, your starter may be the future component you will have to replace.
I listen noises from the starter motor of my Opel Zafira Tourer, what are the origins?
I feel a loud noise from the starter of my Opel Zafira Tourer
If you listen to a starter motor noise on Opel Zafira Tourer 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 source of it. In fact, often when the part has been dismantled for other repairs, its adjustment in relation to the engine flywheel may no longer be perfect, in which circumstance the gears will be worn down after some time and will not slip and will no longer properly engage the engine when starting. Verify the condition of the drive pinion, if it is the component resposible of the starter motor noise on your Opel Zafira Tourer swap it.
If it is a noise in the front of your vehicle but it seems to you after examining not to come from your starter, consult this content page about front end noise on Opel Zafira Tourer which may offer you other leads to fix your noise issue.
I listen a clicking noise of the key running in my neiman but no noise at the starter motor of my Opel Zafira Tourer
If you listen a clicking noise at the starter motor of your Opel Zafira Tourer, there are two possible failures related to this symptom. 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 traditional 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 involved. You may have a issue with unplugged cable verify your electrical installation. If after tracking this clicking noise on Opel Zafira Tourer doesn’t come from your starter motor, check this article for more informations.
