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Caddy Coupe Deville


quickywd01
07-13-2007, 03:36 PM
My friends Deville has a starting problem. It never did this before. It has a bosch battery about 5 months old. The engine spins once and pauses then slowly starts spinning again and starts. But when he shut it off and tried it again it would start instantly and if he let it sit for a few seconds and tried it again it would have problems. Anyone have any ideas what it could be. I'm thinking alternator or starter.

caddydaddy
07-13-2007, 03:37 PM
That sounds like a starter problem. Is it the original?

maxwedge
07-13-2007, 07:19 PM
My friends Deville has a starting problem. It never did this before. It has a bosch battery about 5 months old. The engine spins once and pauses then slowly starts spinning again and starts. But when he shut it off and tried it again it would start instantly and if he let it sit for a few seconds and tried it again it would have problems. Anyone have any ideas what it could be. I'm thinking alternator or starter.
Maybe if we knew the year!!

quickywd01
07-15-2007, 06:04 PM
Yes it's original. The year is '91.

DFBonnett
07-16-2007, 05:13 PM
Sounds like a bad starter pulling too many amps. Get a starter draw test done.

quickywd01
07-17-2007, 10:29 AM
Thanks i'll let him know.

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