Hello--

Been having a periodic problem with my starter during stints of damp weather, followed by cold (<32F). Sometimes it will spin and the Bendix won't catch, and then works fine after a couple tries, and yesterday it did nothing and I had to pour some hot water down onto it and then it worked fine.

My question--obviously I need to pull the starter--was this a common issue with the 2.2's, and if so what was the cause? I've run into a number of devices on the car with problems relating to poor grounding, like the rear hatch solenoid and wiper motor, so I have to wonder if either the starter solenoid coil is not making good contact to GND somewhere, or possibly the casing of the starter needs to be cleaned up--. Starter relay on the strut tower is working fine. Thoughts?