Hi,

Yesterday, my starter motor would run, but it wouldn't rotate the engine.
I thought perhaps the voltage was too low because of the cold weather, so I recharged the battery.

I retried today and again it made the high-whining-noise but it didn't rotate the engine and then there was a small "explosion" and a lot of whitish smoke came out of the hood.

I ran to get the extuingisher, but that wasn't neccessary luckily.

Any idea what might have happened?

I think I'll just have to replace the starter motor?
Luckily the M40 starter motors are identical, so I can easily find one on the stockyards.

thanks in advance,
Ed,
the Netherlands