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Topic: How do I know if its the starter or flywheel?
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SH0WTIME
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My car is making that earyy sound when i try to sart it like the starter is not engaging with the flywheel. Should I replace both or just start with the starter. Anybody know about how much starters run for a 89,5.0 ohhh by the way im a newbie to this site. Sweet site.. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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2.5 full exuast JBA headers 3.55 gears, H pipe, 4 Core aluminum Raditor.
Electric fan, short throw shifter, cold air intake, Eibach sportline springs, pullies, white guages, Adjustable shocks, BBK camber plates, Adjustable tokico shocks.
Posts: 5 | From: UNION CITY | Registered: Jun 2003
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Sean90GT
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What do you mean an eerie sound? Is it grinding? Is it clicking? Is it just spinning (whining)? Or is it like an electrical shock kind of sound?
If it's the flywheel you should be able to turn the motor over by hand with a wrench on the crank pully bolt. That will get past the broken teeth and allow the starter to engage.
If it's the starter quite often you can smack it with a hammer a couple of times and that will free it up to get it to turn over. That will pretty much tell you it's time for a new starter.
Sean.
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SH0WTIME
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Yeah it just sounds like its spinning and its real loud Im trying to explain the sound if you turn the key while your car is running and you hear that loud sqeal sound thats what it sounds like. It only does is once in ahwile but today it did like 10 times ina row the freaking car would not start. I hope thats a better explanation of what it sounds like .
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2.5 full exuast JBA headers 3.55 gears, H pipe, 4 Core aluminum Raditor.
Electric fan, short throw shifter, cold air intake, Eibach sportline springs, pullies, white guages, Adjustable shocks, BBK camber plates, Adjustable tokico shocks.
Posts: 5 | From: UNION CITY | Registered: Jun 2003
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JoeT
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I would assume without seeing it that it's the flywheel.
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chosen1
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Just because shadetree said its the flywheel, Im gonna say its the starter -and thats without having seen it either.
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Sean90GT
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From the sounds of it I would say flywheel. If it just does it once in a while and it sounds like its grinding then perhaps it finds the missing teeth now and then and won't engage. You could pull the starter (going to have to do that anyway) and look or feel in there while somebody turns the engine over slowly with a breaker bar on the crank bolt. ALWAYS DISCONNECT THE BATTERY WHEN WORKING WITH THE STARTER!
Sean.
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SH0WTIME
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Well the starter is doing it all the time now. So I will try the starter first and go from there. Thanks for all your great replys. Hopefully its not the flywheel I dont feel like doin all that work this weekend Thanks guys.
Joey
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89,5.0
2.5 full exuast JBA headers 3.55 gears, H pipe, 4 Core aluminum Raditor.
Electric fan, short throw shifter, cold air intake, Eibach sportline springs, pullies, white guages, Adjustable shocks, BBK camber plates, Adjustable tokico shocks.
Posts: 5 | From: UNION CITY | Registered: Jun 2003
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DropTopFox
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Just because shadetree said its the flywheel, Im gonna say its the starter -and thats without having seen it either.
Jay, the way he described it to me the other night it sounded exactly like what happened to me out front of your house. Sounded like his starter solenoid was still engaged. I'm pretty sure we're right ![[patriot]](graemlins/patriot.gif)
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