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Old 02-02-2005, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by BusyBenz
I don't think this is a good thing, but probably won't hurt anything except wear your starter out sooner.
Quite the contrary. When the starter remains engaged after the engine starts, the starter essentially becomes a generator. With nothing to regulate it, an overvoltage condition is likely to occur. All sorts of bad things can happen to electrical components.
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