only on cold starts right?

 

All starts. - Its loud when its cold, quiter when the car is warm. Its not disengaging quickly enough. - Its the same issue I had with my previous starter. - Same sound.

 

I'm going to record the sound my car makes and post it. will you tell me if its the same sound?

 

Can do.

 

Here you go. I start the car 3x in the video. The 2nd time is the most audible. First start doesn't happen until like 14secs in.

http://s131.photobucket.com/albums/p...urrent=143.flv

 

Yes, that is the same noise my starter makes. - Please note that there is a rod with a gear on it that sticks out of your starter. - It spins your fly wheel to crank over your engine. (From what I'm told) - The issue both you and I are having is that when the starter spins the wheel (Kinda like a turtle tucking its head in its shell), its not pulling the rod with the gear on it back quickly enough. - The sound you hear is your starter not disengaging.


Same problem, I had it fixed once already. -

 

Yeah I dont think its that big of a deal..

and I think your 2nd starter going bad is probably b/c it was an ebay starter (refurbished).

 

Thats what I'm thinking. - I would have at least figured it would last longer than this. - Grr. Nice part is I didn't pay for the install last time, I just had it done while I was getting my clutch redone. - So atleast I'm not paying for double labor.




Anyone know how many hours it takes to put in a new starter?

 

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