by Roland Franzius <roland.franzius@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Feb 4, 2008 at 06:09 PM
DougS schrieb:
> On Feb 4, 8:20 am, "weelli...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <weelli...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> Well that's a sensible idea. I've never seen it on any other car I've
>>> had.Thanks to you both!
>> I had a 75 BMW 2002 that had that feature also.
>
> My 2000 VW Jetta was the same way also. Apparently, its a German
> thing.
They began to use this kind of starter in all cars with engines so
silent you dont hear it idling as a step on the way to
maintainence-free engines. A rotating flywheel destroys its tooth rim
and the cantilever pinion if engaged by chance. The 700 rpm idling rev
makes about 10 times the maximal rev of the starter rotating at 3000
rpm.
Today of course the most im****tant feature is the computer. The control
unit has to know if a starting attempt was unsuccessfull. Therefore a
parameter reset before the next starting attempt is mandatory.
--
Roland Franzius
