ReattaMondatta Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 I have been having trouble for years with my 1990 Reatta refusing to start when it is hot. I have scoured the owners journal for leads and have found many...and I have been attacking each possibility in turn (thank you all!). Having taken the side battery terminals off so many times, I thought I might have a risky connection at this point. So I tried copper washers. But the bolt threads weren't long enough to keep things tight. I have a dual terminal battery so I decided to I was going to use a side-to-top-post converter and put new ends on the cables (The larger cables weren't long enough to simply use the existing top posts.) So I proceeded to cut up the red rubber coating over the positive cable ends and discovered some pretty significant corrosion. I thought I would mention it here because from the outside it looked absolutely PERFECT. If you suspect this and just want to eliminate it as a potential problem, you don't have to cut it up (its a miracle I didn't cut my hands). You could just cut the cables below the rubber, of course. So far the car is starting fine...but we'll see...the saga continues... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleC321 Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 I’ve always been told starring when cold but not starring when hot has to do with something fuel related. Can’t remember what though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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