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Personally I would suspect a dying starter.

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Personally I would suspect a dying starter.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Hi, wondering if any ideas to my problem, my Boxster cranks and starts fine when cold. When warm it hesitates cranking like a weak battery, sometimes does not even crank unless it turn the ignition key many times eventually cranking then starts.

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Personally I would suspect a dying starter. Either that or a bad electrical connection somewhere along the way. But I'm sure there are people here that know better. Best of luck to you man.

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Known issue. Starter wire gets heat soaked. Only thing to do is to replace it. Someone on here is making new ones, I'll ping him for you.

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