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Old Apr 8, 2013 | 11:49 PM
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Battery is good. No crank after driving around.

This one is a confusing one. My battery is brand new. Alternator is new and has a voltage of +- 14 volts in idle. When the Camaro is "cold", she cranks fine. But when after I turn off the IROC after a good 1/2 hour of driving, she wont crank at all. Voltage is normal. No click or anything. Then after a couple hours of cooling down, she will turn over and start? What may be the issue here?
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 10:22 PM
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 10:24 PM
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Re: Battery is good. No crank after driving around.

Ignition control module usually has similar symptoms when nearing failure
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 10:36 PM
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Heat soak on the starter
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 10:51 PM
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 10:52 PM
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Re: Battery is good. No crank after driving around.

I used to have a similar issue. Mine was over heated starter with my timing being too far advanced.
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 10:53 PM
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Heat soak on the starter
Cool. Thanks guys. Time to buy one of those thermo wraps for the starter.
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 10:54 PM
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Re: Battery is good. No crank after driving around.

Originally Posted by Javier87z28
Ignition control module usually has similar symptoms when nearing failure
Ill definitely look into this too. Thanks for the reply Javier.
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 11:05 PM
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Re: Battery is good. No crank after driving around.

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Cool. Thanks guys. Time to buy one of those thermo wraps for the starter.
FYI, they do make a head shroud that mounts around the solenoid. I bought one for mine and seemed to help.
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 11:07 PM
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Re: Battery is good. No crank after driving around.

Originally Posted by Jcodello
FYI, they do make a head shroud that mounts around the solenoid. I bought one for mine and seemed to help.
I do have a shield that looks something like this,,,,


But for added insurance, I would like to add this wrap too,,,
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 11:08 PM
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Re: Battery is good. No crank after driving around.

Originally Posted by Jcodello
FYI, they do make a head shroud that mounts around the solenoid. I bought one for mine and seemed to help.
Do you have a part number for the one you bought?
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 11:15 PM
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Re: Battery is good. No crank after driving around.

Originally Posted by Chevy86 IROC-Z
Do you have a part number for the one you bought?
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...mString=search
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 11:33 PM
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Re: Battery is good. No crank after driving around.

I would get a high torq mini starter..
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 10:05 AM
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Re: Battery is good. No crank after driving around.

had a similar problem. coil was going bad. just another option if options a and b dont work
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 10:58 AM
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 10:59 AM
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Re: Battery is good. No crank after driving around.

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I would get a high torq mini starter..
Cool.
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by ksith
had a similar problem. coil was going bad. just another option if options a and b dont work
Coil is good. Only 3 years old.
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 05:09 PM
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Re: Battery is good. No crank after driving around.

Originally Posted by Chevy86 IROC-Z
after driving, she wont crank at all.
after cooling down, she will turn over and start?
What may be the issue here?
Well documented SBC problem

https://www.thirdgen.org/solenoid
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