noisy starting?
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From: houston tx
noisy starting?
when i start the 69 up there seems to be s "scratchy noisy" sometimes when the motor is cold.
the other day i went for a drive and the car was fully warmed up. shut it off and when i went to start it it made an awful noise.
car cooled off and started right up no noise. the car runs fine once started, runs at about 190 degrees.
checked the battery voltage and it read 12.4 volts.
this is all new, the car was starting just fine all the time up until a couple of days ago.
anybody have any ideas what might be causing this? or what should i look at?
thanks for all the help.
mike
the other day i went for a drive and the car was fully warmed up. shut it off and when i went to start it it made an awful noise.
car cooled off and started right up no noise. the car runs fine once started, runs at about 190 degrees.
checked the battery voltage and it read 12.4 volts.
this is all new, the car was starting just fine all the time up until a couple of days ago.
anybody have any ideas what might be causing this? or what should i look at?
thanks for all the help.
mike
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is it a clatter? my engine was making a clatter that would come and go with engine temperature and it turned out to be a burned out exhaust header gasket... also you can use a long screw driver as a probe and put your ear against it to listen at different points around the engine for the noise...
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From: houston tx
turns out the starter had some loose screws; the starter is "adjustable", meaning it can be rotated. took it apart and 2 small screws holding it together had come loose. tighted them up and put some high temp loctite on them. hopefully this wont happen again.
