Weird noise during start up
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Originally Posted by jimi,Oct 24 2006, 08:18 PM
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I have this issue and it happens on cold wet mornings. I've narrowed it to the starter, and seems (in my case) that moisure is getting in the starter. On dry cold mornings... no problem whatsoever.
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Originally Posted by ej3ffrey,Sep 15 2006, 09:19 AM
i just searched and it looks like that might be the problem. its weird b/c my car only has about 54k. isn't it too early for this to go bad?
#15
I have that exact same problem and i have done a good ammount of research. The cam chain auto-tensioner i believed was the culprit on mine because it would only make that noise on cold morning starts and then the car is fine for the rest of the day. I replaced the tensioner and it still made the noise so i do not believe that was the problem. I am going to start to look into the starter and see if that seems to be the case. The tensioner works acording to oil pressure so be sure that oil levels are good and the right oil is being used. I hope someone comes up with a solution soon sorry for the late post
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This is pointless without a sound clip.
A bad TCT doesn't make any screeching at all. It's a loud distinct fast clicking. The speed is like a playing card in the spokes of a bicycle.
The sound is like two plactic blocks being smacked together. There's no mistaking it with a sound clip.
A bad TCT doesn't make any screeching at all. It's a loud distinct fast clicking. The speed is like a playing card in the spokes of a bicycle.
The sound is like two plactic blocks being smacked together. There's no mistaking it with a sound clip.
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Originally Posted by Billman250,Mar 6 2007, 05:35 AM
A bad TCT doesn't make any screeching at all.
However, I should mention that I do have a screeching noise now (after going through 2 TCTs). It's not a problem with the TCT itself, since I just installed another new one, but I assume it's caused by some sort of wear on the tensioner arm (or maybe even the cam chain gears). I hope it doesn't result in catastrophic failure any time soon, but I'm just too lazy to go through the effort required to replace the necessary parts to resolve the problem right now, since that will probably require a new chain & tensioner arm, which requires pulling the head & oil pan, etc, etc.
#19
Mine does this too.. only when its extremely cold.. but what would work for me in most cases, is put the key in and put it in the on position, wait a few seconds, then to the off position, wait a few seconds... and i do this for about 3-4 times... and i dont hear that awful sound. This doesnt work though on the coldest mornings though..
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