04 Camry Starter Motor

[astol87]

Starter finally died today, been getting progressively worse, and the battery is at 12.4V, so it does sound like the starter, right?

 

Main question - been asking around for prices and they ask me if its the 10 or 13 teeth starter. Does anyone know? Will be pulling it off tomorrow anyway but thought i'd get a head start.

 

Anything else I need to know for the replacement?

[trentmeyer23]

Disconnect the battery. Otherwise it is fairly straight forward.

Just because you have 12.4V doesn't necessarily mean the battery is still ok.

You need to test it while it is under load from the starter. If it drops below 10V you could also have battery or connection/corrosion issues as well.

Unless it is for some reason unique, it should have the 13 tooth pinion.

[astol87]

cheers.

will test battery too.

[trentmeyer23]

Normally, if the engine was actually cranking, I would remove the EFI fuse or relay and crank for up to; but not more than 15 seconds. Ensuring that the voltage doesn't drop below 10V.

[astol87]

Ok, I've got the wife to turn the ignition while i had the multimeter on the battery, and it went down to 5-6V. Gonna put the barrety from her car into mine and see if i can start it, or is that a bad idea?

[astol87]

ok, swapped the batteries, started fine. so that and the voltages, its the battery

[trentmeyer23]

2 hours ago, astol87 said:

ok, swapped the batteries, started fine. so that and the voltages, its the battery

Good to hear.