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Old Dec 30, 2004 | 04:30 PM
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no doubt everyone will have had this problem b4 once engine is warm start motor gets hot and wont start or very lazt and ideas on what start motor doent do this or ways of getting round it ?? cheers
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Old Dec 30, 2004 | 05:26 PM
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As standard the RST had a heat shield which was supposed to stop the turbo from cooking the starter motor. It was a fibrous jobbie so on most cars by now has broken off. It fixes to the turbo oil return pipe. IIRC you can still get them new from ford.
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Old Dec 30, 2004 | 05:29 PM
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great stuff !
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