Where are Solenoids Located? The location of a solenoid can vary depending on your vehicle’s make and model. Most cars have their solenoids mounted right on the starter motors, connected to other ...

Automotive solenoids allow a smaller amount of current from the ignition switch to route a much larger amount of current from the battery to the starter motor.

There are usually a few clues that will let you know when a starter is about to fail — here's what you need to listen for to ...

You hop in your Dodge diesel and turn the key only to be greeted with a click-click sound, instead of the more familiar whirring of your starter motor. Somethin ...

You might think you could simply jumpstart your car, but it's not so easy with a dead starter solenoid. Instead, you'll have to bypass it by hot-wiring your starter motor directly to the battery.

The solenoid sits atop the starter motor and is responsible for connecting and disconnecting the starter from the system. The solenoid’s plunger is attached to the motor drive shaft via a lever.

A solenoid engine is a curiosity of the electrical world. By all measures, using electricity to rotate something can be done almost any other way with greater efficiency and less hassle. But there&… ...

We give you some Starter 101 with help from the guys at Powermaster Performance and American Autowire; showing you how to get more out of your engine.