 Car Barely Turns Over When Starting ..., and make a horrendous noise - HELP |
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| vesnyder |
 Sep 22 2006, 08:07 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: 14-April 05 From: Cleveland, OH Member No.: 3,933  |
My 914 over the past couple days has been getting harder and harder to start and I assumed it was the battery. I charged the battery and the starting issue got worse? Today I went and tried to start and the motor sounded like a bucket of bolts when starting, but finally started and ran fine. After shutting down and trying to restart it made terrible noises, turned over very slowly and finally did not start. When turning over the noise was horrible? What could the issue be? It sounded so bad I checked to see if there was oil in the car? The oil looked dirty so I will change to see if there is anything funny in the oil? ANY IDEAS WHAT IT COULD BE?
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| gary gartner |
Sep 22 2006, 08:33 AM
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i know more than a newbie---way less than a guru Group: Members Posts: 239 Joined: 16-December 04 From: Valencia, Ca Member No.: 3,294 Region Association: Southern California |
the cranking issue could be a bad tranny to body ground strap or connection--maybe------noises, can't comment on--hard to hear from here (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| Bleyseng |
Sep 22 2006, 08:36 AM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,034 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
bad starter?
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| Joe Bob |
Sep 22 2006, 08:36 AM
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Retired admin, banned a few times Group: Members Posts: 17,427 Joined: 24-December 02 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 5 Region Association: None |
Just charging a bad battery still gets you a bad battery. Have you put a meter on it? Load tested it?
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| URY914 |
Sep 22 2006, 08:38 AM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 120,578 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
Take the valves covers off and look at the valves and springs.
Do a compression or leak down test. Do you have oil pressure? It could be any of bad things but until you find out, do NOT drive it. |
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| DNHunt |
Sep 22 2006, 08:40 AM
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914 Wizard? No way. I got too much to learn. Group: Members Posts: 4,099 Joined: 21-April 03 From: Gig Harbor, WA Member No.: 598 |
I know where I start when I have a funny noise. I check down by the fan for anything loose.
Put a wrench on the alternator nut and try to turn it by hand after removing the plugs. It will have resistance but you should be able to do it. Listen. If there is still sounds it's the alternator or internal to the engine. Drain oil and look for metal, check strainer. No noise when turning the alternator, check the starter. Seems like that could get you started, Good luck Good one Paul with the valve train. Dave |
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| startsw/p |
Sep 22 2006, 09:29 AM
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born with a wrench in one hand and a beer in the other... Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 25-February 05 From: Great White North Member No.: 3,656 |
Look to see if the starter motor has come loose from the bell housing on the transmission. I have only seen this once.... also if you can't turn it by hand, pull the spark plugs and put the car in 5th gear, then have someone push the car. Also see if it cranks with the sparkplugs out. Do a compression test before you start pulling the motor apart. Take the v-belt off it, it may be just your alternator. Could also be pressure plate bolts came loose, or a clutch spring broken. Use a stethoscope to narrow down the noise location if you can. Cheers.
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| vesnyder |
Sep 22 2006, 09:32 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: 14-April 05 From: Cleveland, OH Member No.: 3,933 |
Turned by hand and no funny noises, so I push started and it started right up and ran fine - so it must be something in the started system - that is a releief! Does anybosy know if a starter for a 1.8 is interchangable with a 1.7?
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| TravisNeff |
Sep 22 2006, 09:42 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,082 Joined: 20-March 03 From: Mesa, AZ Member No.: 447 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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QUOTE(vesnyder @ Sep 22 2006, 08:32 AM)  Turned by hand and no funny noises, so I push started and it started right up and ran fine - so it must be something in the started system - that is a releief! Does anybosy know if a starter for a 1.8 is interchangable with a 1.7? YES |
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