If starter disengages too early, is it a low battery or ?

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JohnWI

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Old school thought was that it was flooding, but I tend to think the battery is kind of low. Silly that it would be the battery considering it's only a 25HP, but it doesn't seem to engage for more than 2 seconds half of the time.
 
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Re: If starter disengages too early, is it a low battery or ?

I'd say your are correct---sort of. Yes, the starter is weak for some reason. Could very well be low battery, but of course it could also be poor connections or bad cables. Or even a starter problem.

As the motor flips over compression, (or fires) the flywheel "gets ahead" of the starter pinion and kicks it back down. If the starter were keeping pressure on the flywheel even over the compression kicks, it wouldn't be disengaging.
 
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