Regarding the hard morning starts, I would add a leaking injector to the suspect list. Is your oil staying rather full and gassy smelling?

Throwing another starter at it might be economical for you, compared with a proper diagnosis by the mechanic who flagged it last time, but the smooth cranking you cite after the first one makes me wonder if you won't be disappointed after a bit of hard work.

I use the starters from the junkyard, because the Bosch starter is a hardy animal, especially the older, larger ones. And I'm cheap as they come. Even the one that came with your 92 is hard to kill. Never heard one characterized as "dry" although the starter drive (the thing that sends the gear out to the flywheel) can be a weak point if the lube failed.

Changing one is a muscle job, especially the top bolt. Depending on how high you can raise the car, it can be reached with a series of extensions from below (atop the transmission) or the bolt can at least be broken loose from above, at the firewall, with enough leverage, using a box end wrench. The bolt heads in your 92 may be 18mm instead of 19.




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Art Benstein near Baltimore

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