How long did your starter last?

[Rocket Man]

I guess I am just an old-school control freak, who likes to be the one to decide when my engine shuts off.

I’ll tell you what- the a/c (and heater?) pretty much quits when the engine shuts off while you’re sitting at a light or wherever in traffic. At least in my daughters ‘18 Cruze it does. I was with her last summer, it was 95 outside and every time the engine shut off the air blowing out wasn’t cold anymore, more lukewarm. It sucked. I do not like it.

 

[TollKeeper]

I wouldn't sweat too ******* that one. Start/stop systems usually have meatier starters. S/S systems have been around for a bit now and we haven't exactly had a major uptick in starter failures

Some of them dont actually have a starter.. Like the NBS Hybrid.

 

[SnowDrifter]

I’ll tell you what- the a/c (and heater?) pretty much quits when the engine shuts off while you’re sitting at a light or wherever in traffic. At least in my daughters ‘18 Cruze it does. I was with her last summer, it was 95 outside and every time the engine shut off the air blowing out wasn’t cold anymore, more lukewarm. It sucked. I do not like it.

Bad implementation IMO

I've driven vehicles that are on both sides of the spectrum. Some are horrid. Others either have a large enough accumulator system (or something?) that it keeps going or just keep the engine on when a/c is on. Never really made a mental list of who does what well. Just... There's variance.

tbh I'm surprised we still have belt driven a/c compressors at this point as opposed to electric units but that's a different can of worms altogether

 

[TollKeeper]

You mean like the GMT900 Hybrid had?

 

[deerhunter1970]

I have about 510K on my starter......new engine (LQ4 6.0) and trans at 470K, but reused the original starter because it still worked fine

 

[TollKeeper]

Now heres the real question. That little metal heat shield that goes on top of the starter, below the exhaust manifold.

How many of you reinstalled it???

 

[Rocket Man]

Now heres the real question. That little metal heat shield that goes on top of the starter, below the exhaust manifold.

How many of you reinstalled it???

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Mine has been off for about 3-4 years. I couldn’t get it back on after installing my trans.

 

[Larryjb]

I got mine on. It wasn't bad. Fishing the starter into place is much harder, just install the shield first then fish it in. I believe it is a heat shield to protect the solenoid from the heat coming from the heads.

 

[Rocket Man]

I got mine on. It wasn't bad. Fishing the starter into place is much harder, just install the shield first then fish it in. I believe it is a heat shield to protect the solenoid from the heat coming from the heads.

Mine fell off as I was maneuvering the starter into position. I never removed it the starter completely, just tucked it up out of the way. I thought I could install the shield after I finished installing the trans. I was wrong lol.

 

[MassHoe04]

Original lasted 18 years and just under 200k miles. Had to replace it two weeks ago. I went with a new Ultima Select from the local O'Reilly's, because it was after 4PM on a Saturday and I had to get to work Sunday. It probably won't last as long, but had no real choice.