How to close the starter with a screwdriver? Instructions for action

Often car enthusiasts are asked: how to close the starter screwdriver to start the engine? And he arises when the motor refuses to start due to the fact that the starter contacts were covered with an oxide film (a strong dielectric), which prevents the normal current passage. Get the car without any help becomes difficult.

How to close the starter screwdriver should know every car owner to avoid trouble with the start of the engine. But before you learn this, it is necessary to understand that this method is not effective in all cases. First you need to identify the causes of malfunction.

Circuit starter


In order to close the starter, a screwdriver will need a screwdriver, a wrench or a different metallic remedy. In our case, consider the option with a screwdriver and.

Problems with the retractor relays provide themselves on a peculiar click of the hood when the key turns into the ignition lock. Click is a signal that the retractor relay is turned on, but the overtaking clutch cannot turn the crankshaft. The output remains one - to close the starter so that the voltage goes to the winding.

First you need to choose a suitable screwdriver.So that its length approached the distance between the terminals that will be closed.


Next PPC is set on neutral transmissionThe hand brake is delayed until it stops, the key is inserted into the ignition lock and rotates in the desired side.

After that, the starter terminals are closed. The key together with a screwdriver is triggered instead of a faulty relay, and the Bendix turns the crankshaft. As a result, the long-awaited start of the engine occurs.


In general, the method is simple. But the owners of cars of the 80s, 90s need to know that in contactless ignition systems, the switch controls the voltage to the coil, and there is no such control, and when the starter is closed, the coil may break.

If you have to close the starter in the contact system, then better to do it together. One will need to turn the key in the ignition lock, and the second is to close the starter contacts.

The main breakdowns of the starter


More experienced motorists know that the car may not start at a number of reasons that are not connected with the starter. But still most often "the dog is buried" in it.

To clearly understand the entire essence of the problem, you should familiarize yourself with the common starter faults, which include:

  • burned winding;
  • malfunctions in the relay;
  • wear of the overtook coupling ();
  • oxidation of contacts.
With all these breakdowns, the engine will start with difficulty or will refuse to start running. It is in this situation that need to move towards action.


A bit of theory


With the main question, in principle, everything is clear. The entire starter closure procedure is available and does not require special knowledge and practices. But most, perhaps, it is interesting, for what reason the starter does not want to run the engine?

The fact is that the retractor relay has a solenoid in its design, an electromagnetic coil and contact group. The latter, in turn, has a washer and two bolts (copper).