Starter issue
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Starter issue
I have a truck with a six L ford starter. The engine is a Cummins, but uses the ford starter. In any case I was driving in deep water that was over the starter. It was covered for about twenty minutes. I shut down and started the truck twice while in the water.
Later in the day I started the truck a couple times also. It worked fine. The next day I tried to start the truck and it bearly turned over. I checked the battery and it was low. (About 11and 1/2 volts) I jumped to a good battery. Still no luck. I completely disconnected the battery and cleaned the connections and hooked them to the good battery. It turns over very slow.
The starter is fairly new. Do you think the water ruined it? It looks all sealed. Also why was the battery down? It has been a good battery. Seems like a strange coincidence that the battery was low the same time the starter goes. Do you think the starter is full of water now? Could that cause the battery to drain and give pour performance? It kind of makes sense. But I've never come across it before.
Later in the day I started the truck a couple times also. It worked fine. The next day I tried to start the truck and it bearly turned over. I checked the battery and it was low. (About 11and 1/2 volts) I jumped to a good battery. Still no luck. I completely disconnected the battery and cleaned the connections and hooked them to the good battery. It turns over very slow.
The starter is fairly new. Do you think the water ruined it? It looks all sealed. Also why was the battery down? It has been a good battery. Seems like a strange coincidence that the battery was low the same time the starter goes. Do you think the starter is full of water now? Could that cause the battery to drain and give pour performance? It kind of makes sense. But I've never come across it before.
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