I put a starter in today. 99 wrangler TJ 2.5l 4 cyl.
I managed to break the clip on the electrical connector. There was a lot of hard caked on grime on the connection (before I broke it.) in fact, I broke the red clip while chipping off the grime with a flat head screw driver.
I put the new starter in and it gave one quick turn, then nothing. I suspected the connector, so we cleaned it out. Oddly, there was a good amount of liquid in it.
It fired right up!
After about an hour it went back to nothing—no start. Just dead.
Cleaned the connector again. You guessed it—more liquid!
What the heck is this liquid? And how do I stop it from getting into the electrical connector.
Every time it won’t start, I clean it out with compressed air and a w tip. Then she starts right up! But it doesn’t last.
I managed to break the clip on the electrical connector. There was a lot of hard caked on grime on the connection (before I broke it.) in fact, I broke the red clip while chipping off the grime with a flat head screw driver.
I put the new starter in and it gave one quick turn, then nothing. I suspected the connector, so we cleaned it out. Oddly, there was a good amount of liquid in it.
It fired right up!
After about an hour it went back to nothing—no start. Just dead.
Cleaned the connector again. You guessed it—more liquid!
What the heck is this liquid? And how do I stop it from getting into the electrical connector.
Every time it won’t start, I clean it out with compressed air and a w tip. Then she starts right up! But it doesn’t last.