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Does a starter motor need to be vehicle specific, as in, I have a 1.0 L, would a motor off another engine size for example be ok?

Thankyou!

gina wrote:Does a starter motor need to be vehicle specific, as in, I have a 1.0 L, would a motor off another engine size for example be ok?

Thankyou!

I fitted a 1.0 starter to a 1.4 - no issues apart from I had to change the wiring plug

I had it reconned first and was carefull to replace the brass bush in the gearbox bell housing it should come with a new/refurbed starter

The failure of the bush is frequently the cause of poor starting and batteries being killed.

My startor motor has just started making a funny noise when its turning the engine over. Hope it isnt going to go soon, anyone else had this problem?