When your car is running normally everything is fine, nevertheless if it begins to have regular complications you might start to wonder, especially if your motor vehicle won’t start. In this post we will show you where the starter of a Peugeot Bipper is, it will help you to resolve your ignition complications. To do this, we will first summarize the function of a starter, then, where is the starter on a Peugeot Bipper , and, at last, how to change the starter of a motor vehicle.
Role of the starter on your Peugeot Bipper
We start this article by explaining the function of the starter motor on your Peugeot Bipper. 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 composed of three most important parts:
- The Solenoid: This component is an electrical relay that will work as a switch, it will be activated by the key of your Peugeot Bipper 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 allows to transfer the force from the starter to the engine.
The engine: Main component of your alternator, it is the one that will drive the flywheel of your Peugeot Bipper and bring about enough speed for your engine to start.
Where is the starter on a Peugeot Bipper?
Now that we have fairly quickly detailed what a starter is and how it functions, we will answer the question that most of you have to ask yourselves where is the starter found on a Peugeot Bipper? It is quite easy to locate a starter, in fact, it is a large part that will almost always be placed in a similar location. We let you see the two possible locations for your motor vehicle starter below.
Location of the starter on classic Peugeot Bipper
First and most general circumstance, where to locate the starter of a Peugeot Bipper with a conventional motor (implied without start and stop). The starter has a particular function, to start the engine of your motor vehicle, for that, it must always be near the engine flywheel of this one because it is the part that it actuates when it is used. The flywheel is found at the junction between your gearbox and your engine.
Location of the starter to Peugeot Bipper with start and stop
And now second possible starter location of your Peugeot Bipper . This case is much less frequent. It only concerns engines fitted with start and stop, and a good part of them will be equipped with a starter placed close to the flywheel. Nevertheless, on some particular series or engines, the starter of your Peugeot Bipper may be built in in your alternator, it is then called a starter-alternator, to locate it nothing much easier, identify your accessory belt and you should see the big starter block.
How to change the starter on a Peugeot Bipper?
Finally, we’ll show you to you quite fairly quickly how to change the starter of a Peugeot Bipper. This procedure is not actually complex, it can be considered by people who have a minimum of basic mechanical experience and adapted equipment. Follow below the most important steps to perform this intervention:
- Disconnect the battery on your Peugeot Bipper, if you don’t know how to do it, don’t think twice to consult 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 block, there will usually be 2 or 3
- It will be time to disconnect the power cables from the starter motor of your Peugeot Bipper, nevertheless before doing so we advise 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 might 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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