When your car is running normally everything is fine, nevertheless if it starts to have regular problems you may start to speculate, especially if your car won’t start. In this article we will teach you where the starter of a Hyundai Santa Fe is, it will help you to fix your ignition problems. To get this done, we will first illustrate the function of a starter, then, where is the starter on a Hyundai Santa Fe , and, at last, how to change the starter of a car.
Function of the starter on your Hyundai Santa Fe
We start this article by explaining the function of the starter motor on your Hyundai Santa Fe. The starter is an electric motor which is powered by your battery, its role will be to make your engine run at a high enough speed to start it (usually around 300/400 rpm). It is built from three main parts:
- The Solenoid: This component is an electrical relay that will action as a switch, it will be activated by the key of your Hyundai Santa Fe and let the current from your battery to the engine unit 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 allows to transmit the force from the starter to the engine.
The engine unit: Main element of your alternator, it is the one that will drive the flywheel of your Hyundai Santa Fe and create enough speed for your engine unit to start.
Where is the starter on a Hyundai Santa Fe?
Now that we have fairly quickly explained 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 located on a Hyundai Santa Fe? It is quite easy to discover a starter, in actual fact, it is a large part that will almost always be placed in a similar place. We let you see the two possible places for your car starter down below.
Location of the starter on classic Hyundai Santa Fe
First and most common circumstance, where to discover the starter of a Hyundai Santa Fe with a conventional motor (implied without start and stop). The starter has a specific function, to start the engine unit of your car, for that, it must always be near the engine unit flywheel of this one because it is the part that it actuates when it is used. The flywheel is located at the junction between your gearbox and your engine unit.
Location of the starter to Hyundai Santa Fe with start and stop
And now second possible starter location of your Hyundai Santa Fe . This case is much less frequent. It only concerns engines built with start and stop, and a good part of them will be equipped with a starter placed close to the flywheel. Nevertheless, on some specific series or engines, the starter of your Hyundai Santa Fe may be included in your alternator, it is then called a starter-alternator, to discover it nothing easier, identify your accessory belt and you should see the big starter block.
How to change the starter on a Hyundai Santa Fe?
Finally, we’ll show you to you actually quite fairly quickly how to change the starter of a Hyundai Santa Fe. This process is not actually complex, it can be considered by people who have a minimal of simple mechanical experience and adapted equipment. Follow down below the main steps to perform this intervention:
- Disconnect the battery on your Hyundai Santa Fe, if you don’t know how to do it, don’t think twice to seek advice from our article which details how to do it without taking any risk.
- After finding your starter, loosen the fasteners that hold it in your engine unit block, there will generally be 2 or 3
- It will be time to disconnect the power cables from the starter motor of your Hyundai Santa Fe, nevertheless before doing so we suggest you to take a picture of the set up to avoid making a mistake when reassembling.
- It’s possible that to take out it you may need to take out 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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