STARTER ISSUE TO ADDRESS 1973 GTO, 455 ENGINE…AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION...ALWAYS STARTED…INITIAL ISSUE: FAILS TO START AFTER A DRIVE…TRIED HEAT SHIELD…NOW GTO TRIES TO START "ONCE"…THEN NOTHING. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS OF WHAT TO TRY NEXT. DURING FIRST TEST DRIVES, I HAVE NOTICED THE GTO STARTS EASILY…YET AFTER IF HEATS UP, SAY A 2-3 MILE DRIVE…THEN WHEN I SHUT OFF ENGINE, WAIT 20-30 SECONDS…CAR IS HARD, IF NOT UNABLE TO START…ACTS AS IF THE BATTERY IS DEAD…AFTER A FEW MINUTES, IT WILL START EASILY…DOES THIS EVERY TIME...NOW THE ISSUE IS WORSE, WILL NOT START 04-25-12…REPLACED THE CAR BATTERY WITH A MORE POWERFUL & CORRECT ONE...TEST DRIVE…SAME PROBLEM …REPLACED THE CAR STARTER WITH A NEW ONE…TEST DRIVE, SAME ISSUE ***SUGGESTIONS MADE: Change your leads on your terminals or install a heat shield 04- ***SUGGESTIONS FROM GTO SITE: "The only GTO's I've had hot start problems with have been the automatic cars. I think the heat shield is a good idea". 04-28-2012…I MADE “HEAT SHIELD” WITH ALUMINUM…INSTALLED STARTERW/SHIELD…WIRE BROKE…REPAIRED…INSTALLED STARTER W/SHIELD….CRANKED ONCE, THEN QUIT….IF YOU TURN KEY, NOTHING…NO SOUND, NO CLICKING NADA 05-03-2012…TOOK HEAT SHIELD OFF STARTER…IT THEN CRANKED & SOUNDED GOOD FOR 2-3 SEC ...I STOPPED, STEPPED ON GAS TO SET CHOKE…IT WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING…NO CLICKING…JUST IDIOT LIGHT FOR RED GEN LIGHT…TEMP & OIL GAUGE NEEDLES MOVED. IF ANYONE HAS SOME IDEAS, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT...IS THERE A FUSE OR RELAY SOMEPLACE THAT COULD CAUSE THIS ISSUS. BJ IN SARASOTA, FL. https://web-cars.com/phorum//read.php?3,43897,43897#msg-43897 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:44:20 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://web-cars.com/phorum//read.php?3,43897,44623#msg-44623 https://web-cars.com/phorum//read.php?3,43897,44623#msg-44623 BJS382 Pontiac GTO Forum Sat, 26 Jan 2013 04:03:13 +0000 https://web-cars.com/phorum//read.php?3,43897,43919#msg-43919 https://web-cars.com/phorum//read.php?3,43897,43919#msg-43919 BJS382 Pontiac GTO Forum Wed, 09 May 2012 01:49:42 +0000 https://web-cars.com/phorum//read.php?3,43897,43918#msg-43918 https://web-cars.com/phorum//read.php?3,43897,43918#msg-43918 Tiger70gto Pontiac GTO Forum Tue, 08 May 2012 23:58:21 +0000 https://web-cars.com/phorum//read.php?3,43897,43917#msg-43917 https://web-cars.com/phorum//read.php?3,43897,43917#msg-43917 BJS382 Pontiac GTO Forum Tue, 08 May 2012 23:35:32 +0000 https://web-cars.com/phorum//read.php?3,43897,43916#msg-43916 https://web-cars.com/phorum//read.php?3,43897,43916#msg-43916 Tiger70gto Pontiac GTO Forum Tue, 08 May 2012 23:20:07 +0000 https://web-cars.com/phorum//read.php?3,43897,43897#msg-43897 https://web-cars.com/phorum//read.php?3,43897,43897#msg-43897
1973 GTO, 455 ENGINE…AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION...ALWAYS STARTED…INITIAL ISSUE: FAILS TO START AFTER A DRIVE…TRIED HEAT SHIELD…NOW GTO TRIES TO START "ONCE"…THEN NOTHING. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS OF WHAT TO TRY NEXT.

DURING FIRST TEST DRIVES, I HAVE NOTICED THE GTO STARTS EASILY…YET AFTER IF HEATS UP, SAY A 2-3 MILE DRIVE…THEN WHEN I SHUT OFF ENGINE, WAIT 20-30 SECONDS…CAR IS HARD, IF NOT UNABLE TO START…ACTS AS IF THE BATTERY IS DEAD…AFTER A FEW MINUTES, IT WILL START EASILY…DOES THIS EVERY TIME...NOW THE ISSUE IS WORSE, WILL NOT START

04-25-12…REPLACED THE CAR BATTERY WITH A MORE POWERFUL & CORRECT ONE...TEST DRIVE…SAME PROBLEM
…REPLACED THE CAR STARTER WITH A NEW ONE…TEST DRIVE, SAME ISSUE

***SUGGESTIONS MADE: Change your leads on your terminals or install a heat shield 04-
***SUGGESTIONS FROM GTO SITE: "The only GTO's I've had hot start problems with have been the automatic cars. I think the heat shield is a good idea".

04-28-2012…I MADE “HEAT SHIELD” WITH ALUMINUM…INSTALLED STARTERW/SHIELD…WIRE BROKE…REPAIRED…INSTALLED STARTER W/SHIELD….CRANKED ONCE, THEN QUIT….IF YOU TURN KEY, NOTHING…NO SOUND, NO CLICKING NADA
05-03-2012…TOOK HEAT SHIELD OFF STARTER…IT THEN CRANKED & SOUNDED GOOD FOR 2-3 SEC ...I STOPPED, STEPPED ON GAS TO SET CHOKE…IT WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING…NO CLICKING…JUST IDIOT LIGHT FOR RED GEN LIGHT…TEMP & OIL GAUGE NEEDLES MOVED.

IF ANYONE HAS SOME IDEAS, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT...IS THERE A FUSE OR RELAY SOMEPLACE THAT COULD CAUSE THIS ISSUS. BJ IN SARASOTA, FL.]]> BJS382 Pontiac GTO Forum Thu, 03 May 2012 16:13:47 +0000