# Pontiac Fiero Starter **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** pontiac\ **Created:** [August 6, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pontiac-fiero-starter/53065 "2010-08-06T15:34:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiero1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Fiero1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Fiero1)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pontiac-fiero-starter/53065/1 "2010-08-06T15:34:12Z")
I have replaces three starters in three months. I think the solenoid keeps going out. The car is a 1986 6 cylindar five speed, with air conditioning. Any idea what the issue may be? ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pontiac-fiero-starter/53065/2 "2010-08-06T16:42:30Z")
That V6 is packed in there pretty tightly, isn’t it? How close is the exhaust system to the starter? Perhaps the starters are getting overheated. By the way, I’ve seen Fieros with V8s shoehorned into them. That’s a REALLY tight fit. ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pontiac-fiero-starter/53065/3 "2010-08-06T16:44:08Z")
Have you been having the old starters bench tested? ---
**Author:** ![Fiero1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Fiero1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Fiero1)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pontiac-fiero-starter/53065/4 "2010-08-06T16:44:33Z")
That could be the case, what should I do to reduce that? ---
**Author:** ![Fiero1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Fiero1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Fiero1)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pontiac-fiero-starter/53065/5 "2010-08-06T16:45:40Z")
No, I have bought the starter with the lifetime warrantee and have been replacing them with just the labor time involved. ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pontiac-fiero-starter/53065/6 "2010-08-06T17:02:56Z")
You’ll have to devise a heat shield of some sort. ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pontiac-fiero-starter/53065/7 "2010-08-06T17:08:10Z")
Re overheating, if the exhaust is near the starter a heat shield may have been on the starter from the factory and lost when left on the core in an earlier replacement. I see many cars with missing shields. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pontiac-fiero-starter/53065/8 "2010-08-06T17:18:17Z")
I have bought the starter with the lifetime warrantee and have been replacing them You might want to try a new starter. You are not having good luck with the rebuilt ones. (Do the heat control first.) ---
**Author:** ![Fiero1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Fiero1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Fiero1)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pontiac-fiero-starter/53065/9 "2010-08-06T17:40:53Z")
The catalytic converter is right next to it, should I wrap it somehow?