Startup issue

[19dabeast85]

My car, over the last 2 weeks has been increasingly harder and harder to start.....doesn't take more "turn-overs" to start, just turns slower.

I've checked battery voltage with:

car off =12.58v
car on =14.5v

The starter is not "stripping" or failing to engage, it's just when it does engage it is just extremely sluggish.........btw the battery is only about a year old.

Maybe battery voltage is fine but CCA's have gone low--dunno if that is possible? Starter is just fried and has become really weak? I did rinse out the engine bay with water a couple weeks ago, but I let it dry in the sun and it seemed to start fine right after that..

[InvaderTrax]

Run to Advance or your local dealer and have them test your battery. It won't take more than a few minutes and it'll tell you how many CCA's you need, and how many your battery actually has left. It's very common for you to read 12+ volts, but have less than 200 CCA, where your battery should be rated 500+

[C91BLX7]

Starter may be taking a shart on you.

When I got my cb its cranked real slow, until one day the starter motor seized up.

[19dabeast85]

I'm hoping that if it IS the starter, it'll last till first of summer when i do my 5spd swap.....i might take it to Advance and hopefully find somebody this time who actually knows how to use the machine.

[19dabeast85]

Well I went to Advance, and the smarter guy was actually working today. He checked it and the battery is in tip top shape, he loaded it a couple times and it lost minimal voltage. My car wouldn't start the first time he asked me to and then 5 minutes later it started up like new!

Pretty sure it's some bad armatures sp? in the starter motor. Hoping I can make it last till summer!