When your car is running normally everything is fine, nevertheless if it begins to have regular problems you may start to question, specifically if your motor vehicle won’t start. In this post we will show you where the starter of a Alfa Romeo 159 is, it will help you to solve your ignition problems. To do this, we will first explain the purpose of a starter, then, where is the starter on a Alfa Romeo 159 , and, at last, how to replace the starter of a motor vehicle.
Function of the starter on your Alfa Romeo 159
We start this content page by explaining the purpose of the starter motor on your Alfa Romeo 159. The starter is an electric motor which is powered by your battery, its function will be to make your engine run at a high enough speed to start it (usually around 300/400 rpm). It is consisting of three main parts:
- The Solenoid: This part is an electrical relay that will action as a switch, it will be activated by the key of your Alfa Romeo 159 and let the current from your battery to the engine of your alternator.
- The engagement pinion: This is the last part of your starter, it is the toothed wheel that will be in direct contact with the flywheel, it enables to transmit the force from the starter to the engine.
The engine: Main element of your alternator, it is the one that will drive the flywheel of your Alfa Romeo 159 and create enough speed for your engine to start.
Where is the starter on a Alfa Romeo 159?
Now that we have fairly quickly described what a starter is and how it works, we will answer the question that most of you have to ask yourselves where is the starter based on a Alfa Romeo 159? It is quite easy to find a starter, obviously, it is a large part that will almost constantly be situated in a similar place. We let you see the two possible places for your motor vehicle starter down below.
Location of the starter on traditional Alfa Romeo 159
First and most general case, where to find the starter of a Alfa Romeo 159 with a conventional motor (implied without start and stop). The starter has a particular action, to start the engine of your motor vehicle, for that, it must constantly be near the engine flywheel of this one because it is the part that it actuates when it is used. The flywheel is based at the junction between your gearbox and your engine.
Location of the starter to Alfa Romeo 159 with start and stop
And now second possible starter location of your Alfa Romeo 159 . This case is much less frequent. It just is about engines equipped with start and stop, and a good part of them will be equipped with a starter situated close to the flywheel. Nevertheless, on some particular series or engines, the starter of your Alfa Romeo 159 might be built in in your alternator, it is then named a starter-alternator, to find it nothing less difficult, identify your accessory belt and you should see the big starter block.
How to replace the starter on a Alfa Romeo 159?
Finally, we’ll explain to you quite fairly quickly how to replace the starter of a Alfa Romeo 159. This process is not necessarily difficult, it can be considered by people who have a minimum of simple mechanical experience and adapted tools. Stick to down below the main steps to carry out this intervention:
- Disconnect the battery on your Alfa Romeo 159, if you don’t know how to do it, don’t hesitate to consult our content page which details how to do it without taking any risk.
- After finding your starter, loosen the fasteners that hold it in your engine block, there will usually be 2 or 3
- It will be time to disconnect the power cables from the starter motor of your Alfa Romeo 159, nevertheless before doing so we recommend you to take a picture of the set up to avoid making a mistake when reassembling.
- It’s possible that to remove it you may need to remove parts like the gimbal.
- Remount the new starter, being careful when connecting the connectors.
- Reconnect your battery and test your starter.
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