Starter motor heat shielding?
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Starter motor heat shielding?
Many factors affect the life of a starter motor, but certainly HEAT is one - excessive heat can shorten the life of the starter. There are only a few threads, of higher mileage RDX starter failures.
On inline engines the exhaust often runs past the starter motor, but not so on the RDX. Would a heat shield or heat "blanket" provide protection to an RDX starter? or would that only cause more heat-soak?
After all, the radiator fan is blowing directly onto the starter. Engine coolant radiator "exhaust" heat is not nearly as high as exhaust pipe heat radiation onto a starter.
Any comments, thoughts, or ideas for increasing the life of an RDX starter?
On inline engines the exhaust often runs past the starter motor, but not so on the RDX. Would a heat shield or heat "blanket" provide protection to an RDX starter? or would that only cause more heat-soak?
After all, the radiator fan is blowing directly onto the starter. Engine coolant radiator "exhaust" heat is not nearly as high as exhaust pipe heat radiation onto a starter.
Any comments, thoughts, or ideas for increasing the life of an RDX starter?
Last edited by dcmodels; 07-18-2014 at 07:00 PM.
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