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Old 11-05-2017, 01:48 PM
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A 2000w motor could easily pull 4000-5000 w briefly at the initial start. When a motor isn't spinning it "looks like" a wire to a battery (basically a short). Once spinning the motor acts as a generator and pushes voltage backwards. Failures in the motor could cause a drop in the motor to generate that voltage which would cause it to pull more current.

Bad connection more likely to cause voltage drop and less current. You need to determine baseline: what is the normal current draw.

Are you seeing a spike of 400 then drops to 200 while cranking or does it stay at close to 400 the entire crank?


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Read that. Normal reading should be 200-250A. Replacing the starter should be the answer. If the starter of taking twice the effort to start then it's pulling down the battery more than twice the design and will have a very hard time charging properly for the next start.


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A 2000w motor could easily pull 4000-5000 w briefly at the initial start. When a motor isn't spinning it "looks like" a wire to a battery (basically a short). Once spinning the motor acts as a generator and pushes voltage backwards. Failures in the motor could cause a drop in the motor to generate that voltage which would cause it to pull more current.

Bad connection more likely to cause voltage drop and less current. You need to determine baseline: what is the normal current draw.

Are you seeing a spike of 400 then drops to 200 while cranking or does it stay at close to 400 the entire crank?


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Hoi, get a spike of 400a during carnking and only for a split second....and again as mentioned am curious if this is due to bad grounding or buggered starter or both.....
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Read that. Normal reading should be 200-250A. Replacing the starter should be the answer. If the starter of taking twice the effort to start then it's pulling down the battery more than twice the design and will have a very hard time charging properly for the next start.


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Thanks fella, these are my thoughts too....I don't drive it enough, so every 400a start and draw saps the battery, which probably explains when when i charge it on the CTEK evey couple of days it is happier and faster start (but not super fast an x3 i started that I know has same starter)
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Noticed you have a diesel and I also found where others were seeing 400 amp draws cranking the same diesel motor you have with the same battery run down problems trying to start them at times. No solutions posted though.

One thing that could account for the draw would be your glow plugs.
Appreciate reply got it from a good source that if the plugs were playing up I would get plumes of white smoke on eventual ignition, and I don't....got a niggling feeling it is the starter , the 400am at ignition time is too high evn though it is for a spit second
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Appreciate reply got it from a good source that if the plugs were playing up I would get plumes of white smoke on eventual ignition, and I don't....got a niggling feeling it is the starter , the 400am at ignition time is too high evn though it is for a spit second
Its probably the starter I found where those same people posted elsewhere and said replacing or rebuilding the starter fixed it for them.
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Its probably the starter I found where those same people posted elsewhere and said replacing or rebuilding the starter fixed it for them.
Thanks fella will go along with my suspicions to a decent auto electrician and see if he can re-con the existing starter or if i can source one of below, searching online for the bmw oem number 12417788680 I get 2 versions, either with 9 teeth or 11 teeth, gonna be a bit of pain knowing which one without ripping out existing starter, suprised same starter can be found on the e46 x3 etc


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2,0KW

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4.130 kg
Price:

Part 12417788680 was found on the following vehicles:

3' E46   (08/2002 — 08/2006)
5' E60   (02/2002 — 02/2007)
5' E61   (11/2002 — 02/2007)
7' E65   (11/2001 — 02/2005)
X3 E83   (01/2003 — 08/2005)
X5 E53   (01/2003 — 09/2006)
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DC clamp ammeter on the cable at the starter will remove the plugs from the equation. A bad ground will reduce current you can eliminate that as a cause. You can also disable the starter either pull the start relay/fuse or disconnect the power cable and confirm the amp draw minimal to discount a dead short somewhere else.

You could just have a bad being or a problem with the brushes (worn down enough to contact to many commutator contacts energizing too many magnet fields at once. If it was my starter I would remove the starter, energize it directly and measure the current. Upon confirming it draws too much, I would take it apart and replace the brushes and bearings (if they feel worn).


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Replies much appreciated thanks, so bad ground= no to causing increased amp drain at startup ,& so back to test drain at starter dreict and or test starter, as mentioned before on a handful of times in the years I have owned it the X has spun into life quicker than usual, and on testing a X3 that carries the same rated starter for sure it whipped into life quicker than my X5.
apologies for repeating all you said just my way of getting info planted in my brain
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Does anyone have a diagram of all the grounds for a 2002 E53? It seems the more I read another new one pops up.
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