1)Oxidized contacts. Clean the contacts to a metallic sheen with an emery board or sandpaper. Also check the battery terminals and the continuity of the earth connection between the car body and the engine.
2) Faulty starter control circuit. This cause combines several:
-Faulty ignition switch;
-malfunction of starter relay
-failure of wiring integrity in general.
Symptoms are the same – the retractor relay does not work. Therefore, check the wiring.
3)The retractor relay is faulty. The relay may be clicking, but there will be no positive potential at the small output terminal of the retractor. This can be checked with the same “test lamp” or a light bulb on the wires. If there is no contact inside the relay, it is time to replace it.
4) Failure of the starter brushes. Before removing the starter and replacing the brush unit, you need to check its operation without removing it from the engine. To do this you need to take a separate wire and apply voltage to the starter terminal bypassing the retractor relay. If after that the starter does not rotate, it is necessary to remove it and check the brush unit and armature windings.
5) Breakdown of stator and armature windings. It is necessary to check the stator and armature windings for breakdown. This can be done with a multimeter or megohmmeter. The continuity of the windings should also be checked for breakdown. If the lamp is on, it means that the windings are “carated” to the common ground. The same principle is used for the megohmmeter, if between the case and the windings shows at least some resistance value, then there is a breakdown.
6) Breakage of the teeth of the bendix and the flywheel crown. This cause is characterized by a loud grinding and ringing in the starter. It arises as a result of an uneven installation of the starter or a bad approach of the bendix in the meshing. In both cases, the result will be quite “deplorable”. It is better not to delay with the replacement of the belt pulley.

Do not rush to change your starter. To find the right one for you and its parts, it is desirable to write down its marking, since parts of starters and alternators are selected by the number of the unit itself.

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Sources say that both novelties shown will be based on Volkswagen’s MEV modular platform.

Full specs have not been announced yet, but it is known that instead of the 1.4-liter capacity motor there is an electric drive with a capacity of 115 kWh, which is equivalent to 156 hp. At the same time in sport mode it is possible to reach up to 175 kWh (240 hp). The maximum speed of the car will reach 140 km/h. It sounds that the range will be 400 kilometers, and acceleration to 100 kilometers per hour will take about 8 seconds.

The very same company ElectroMobility Poland, which is engaged in the manufacture of these machines, is controlled by the state.

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The car can be described as an excellent combination of good equipment and a balanced price. The use of a four-wheel drive system, as well as quite decent ground clearance, allows it to be used as a vehicle for regular out-of-town trips.

The company Subaru has carried out a number of modifications, which totally updated the station wagon. This allowed the model to meet modern requirements and maintain a competitive position in the market. For example, the 260 hp turbocharged motor or the multimedia system with an 11 inch touchscreen.

The Subaru Outback cabin can comfortably accommodate five people. Comfortable high-slung driver and front passenger seats provide excellent visibility in every direction. As an option, you can order a heated steering wheel, as well as heated and ventilated seats.

The volume of a luggage compartment is 920 liters, which after transformation increases at once up to 2143 liters.

Technical specifications: 2.5-liter power unit with four cylinders, the engine is able to produce 185 horsepower and 239 Nm of torque. The all-wheel drive system is able to provide a smooth, controlled ride, as well as an overall state of comfort while driving.

The Subaru Outback is a quality but unpretentious car that is able to please everyone. And the off-road performance is a great bonus for those who love to travel and spend time outdoors.

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All fans were very upset when the manufacturer announced that 2017 would be the last year for the Dodge Viper on the assembly line.As soon as this news made its way around the internet, fans created a page on the “Gofundme” platform to raise the sum of $200,000 for a worthy last trip. The way chosen was extremely ambitious – to break the record for a totally production car on the Nürburgring racetrack. In 2011, the record belonged for a while to the car of the previous generation.

Despite the change of generations, the Dodge Viiper in 2017 remained in many ways the same “old-school” car with “Turbo” gum inserts. The huge hood hid underneath a lower-shaft V10 engine with two valves per cylinder, whose ideology dates back to the days of Elvis. Rear-wheel drive only, and the gearbox was a manual six-speed. It was decided to curb this wild combination only in the last generation with the help of electronic system of stabilization.

Naturally, the choice for a record run of Viper was not simple. It became the top version “Ciare” with 654 horsepowers with an aerodynamic package “Extreme” and a safety cage. But the main condition was observed – it was a road car, which can be bought in a usual car showroom.

The first attempt to break the record was scheduled for July 25, but it didn’t happen because of the rain. It seemed that the German weather decided to chase the Vipers back to Texas. Over the next two weeks, the cars failed to complete a single lap in perfect dry conditions.

The first dry lap, however, ended with an impressive time of 7.03 minutes, and although it was still far from the team record, the drivers were confident that the car could get out of 7 minutes.

September 1 was the last day the Vipers could still try to break the record. Unfortunately, in reality, things turned out much worse. A tire exploded on the Dodge Viper driven by Luca Stoltz. The car wasn’t wrecked, but it did require a differential replacement. Only one Viper remained in service, with experienced driver Lance Arnold behind the wheel. The Vipers want to break the record of the lamborghini huracan, which passed in 6.52 minutes.

In the last lap the tire failed again – the road tire “Kumho”, in which Viper was shod, was not created for the Nürburgring records and could not withstand the frenzied loads. Unlike the factory teams, the fans could not afford to prepare any special rubber compound for the record. But that, in part, was the point of the whole endeavor, to show that the average Dodge Viper, even retiring, could still compete with the fastest supercars in the world, each of which cost several times more than it did.

We’ll hardly see another supercar this brutal, honest, yet insanely charming.

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World-famous brand name, former merits and other parts of the image are no longer justified in the eyes of buyers. All because of the sad statistics, which shows how in recent years has decreased the time of using a car, the frequency of repairs and the rise in prices for both cars and auto parts.

Where the quality has gone

Quality has gone with the economy. It’s not profitable for the automakers to produce cars, which will work long and well. The maximum is up to the end of the warranty period, but only because in case of a breakdown they are obliged to repair the car at their own expense. It’s surprising that the warranty on expensive German foreign cars is mainly 2 years, and on Korean budget models – 5 years.

Since the 70’s, marketers came into production and began to actively study the demand. The short-term result is the emergence of the BMW 5-series, Toyota Supra, Nissan Skyline and other successful solutions, the long-term result is that marketers began to dictate to engineers how to create cars, namely so that there would be a constant demand for new models. The degree of reliability of cars has decreased, and as in those years, cars could boast of 500 thousand kilometers mileage, but now 300 thousand kilometers is considered a good result.

Everyone knows about it, but no one can prove it. In order to be able to declare in court the deliberate actions for the quick breakdown of the car, it is necessary to have technical data on the methods of creation of metals and alloys and a lot of other information which is not provided by any manufacturer.

Problems with new cars

Body strength. Body strength is getting thinner and thinner because of the pursuit of economy and technology. And the struggle for pedestrian safety has made the design more fragile, so that soon cars will crumple into a lump not when they hit an obstacle, but 200 meters in advance.

Robotic transmissions. Because of the design features, they fail faster due to slow driving in traffic jams and frequent gear changes. For the inhabitants of the big city such cars prepare a surprise in the form of expensive block replacement.

Low-volume turbocharged engines. Super environmentally friendly, low fuel consumption, high power and this is a small list of what manufacturers promised. But in reality, the situation is not so rosy – reducing the size, they sacrificed a resource. Besides, small turbo engines are very sensitive to quality of fuel, need special oils etc. If it breaks, it cannot be repaired.

Paint. A wave of concern for the environment has swept away the quality of paint, car manufacturers have switched to water-soluble, and they are not resistant to mechanical damage. And as practice shows, scratches are followed by rust.

But every year new models are produced and there is a chance that in the struggle for customers, car manufacturers will start to make quality their competitive advantage.

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The history of the Lotus Omega began in 1986, when the huge concern General Motors bought a small, but proud British company Lotus. Bob Eaton, who at that time headed the European branch of Gem, was a fan of Lotus himself and knew that brilliant engineers worked there, who could make even “a cast-iron bridge” go fast. The idea to simply take Lotus emblem and glue it to Opel as a sports special version, was rejected from the very beginning, in fact the car which bears a proud sports name Lotus. So the talks about the joint project began, preferably on the basis of one of existing models of Opel, which at that time was the main brand of General motors.

The car which suited absolutely all was new at that time Opel Omega. The owners from General Motors gave the engineers of Lotus, one and a half year and extremely short technical task – make this car faster and believe me they have done it. They made a very complicated, hardcore supercar, which coincidentally had four doors and a big trunk.

The Omega could accelerate to a hundred in 5.4 seconds, which wasn’t just faster than all its peers, it put the big “four-door iron” on the level of purebred supercars like the Ferrari Testarossa. Really, the car opened in acceleration up to 200 km/h. In a test by British magazine “Autocar” that included acceleration to 100 mph and an immediate stop immediately after, the Lotus Omega was second only to one Ferrari f40 car, but those numbers had their price. The official top speed of the Lotus Omega was 282 kph.

The Lotus Omega is under the hood specifically made for this car – it’s a former Opel engine, a 3 liter inline six that Lotus has refined. They increased the displacement to 3.6 liters and most importantly they installed two Garrett and Intercooler turbochargers. The engine after all the changes that Lotus made: produces 377 horsepower and by the standards of the early 90’s it is a very serious figure.

For those who were first to pick up this car, respectively, a free service was offered, how to drive it properly, because it was extremely demanding to the driver.

On November 26, 1993, this Lotus Carlton, as the Omega was called in Britain, was stolen from a West Midlands home. Over the next few months, criminals used the Lotus to ram into stores at night. This is how the burglars stole £20,000 worth of alcohol and cigarettes. There was no way the police could catch up with the Lotus.

Out of the planned 1100 cars, they could make only 950, and by 1992 its production was “simply” stopped. And what facts do you know about this Supercar?

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