Starter grind
06-03-2005, 09:00 PM
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Thanks for all of the ideas as to what it might be. As I said it is very intermittent, all is quiet right now (no extra sound). So I will have wait and jump into diagnostic mode when it starts acting up again. 
06-03-2005, 10:16 PM
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Billman, I have not heard what this tensioner sounds like when it starts to go bad. However, I do know what a stuck Bendix sounds like and it is very distinctive. Are you saying these two sounds are similar?
06-04-2005, 03:52 AM
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Hmmm....you won't hear any high speed whine, like a starter motor overspeeding.
It's a very distinct noise, like a ratcheting
If you've ever put any new automatic Chrysler product in gear, it makes a rapid clicking sound. That's about what it sounds like. I have an audio clip, I will try and post it later.
It's a very distinct noise, like a ratcheting
If you've ever put any new automatic Chrysler product in gear, it makes a rapid clicking sound. That's about what it sounds like. I have an audio clip, I will try and post it later.
06-04-2005, 05:01 AM
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I had this noise for a while, had the timing belt tensioner replaced and it still does it every once in a while. I've noticed that it's more common on cold starts and if the car has been sitting for a while. I don't know what to do about it... but i hate that noise!!
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
06-06-2005, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by billman250,Jun 4 2005, 06:52 AM
Hmmm....you won't hear any high speed whine, like a starter motor overspeeding.
It's a very distinct noise, like a ratcheting
If you've ever put any new automatic Chrysler product in gear, it makes a rapid clicking sound. That's about what it sounds like. I have an audio clip, I will try and post it later.
It's a very distinct noise, like a ratcheting
If you've ever put any new automatic Chrysler product in gear, it makes a rapid clicking sound. That's about what it sounds like. I have an audio clip, I will try and post it later.
I haven't heard it in my S - but I did think that sound coming from the wifes Jeep (Chrysler) when put into gear was sort of strange...
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These are different noises. I replaced a TCT on an earlier model. this noise is more grinning in nature than the TCT sound which like a card in spokes. This grind is a poorly greased bendix which causes no problem. The TCT noise is when the car is warm. The dry bendix noise is when the car is cold. Billman is 99% right, this is the 1%.