Troubleshooting starting problem
Was hoping for some pointers or confirmation that my suspicion that my starter is on its way out is correct, recently when I go to start the plane the prop will do a ¼ turn then nothing, like the battery was dead, if I continued it would do at least 4 or 5 quarter turns then fire up. I put a trickle charger on the battery thinking it was low but after fully charging I have the same issue. Today I did 3.5 hours of flying after fully charging the battery upon shut down I tried restarting and again it was the 4 or 5 quarter turns then bursts into life, I then put the trickle charger on the battery and it showed it as being fully charged. So unless there is anything else in-line between the battery and the starter would I be safe to assume the starter is on its way out? (it’s a Lycoming 0-360)
Last edited by piperboy84; 29th October 2012 at 19:19.