HELP!

 

AA's on the way but it started sounding a bit dodge a few days ago, like the teeth were slipping a bit. now its gone the full hog and make a horrendous grinding noise when trying to start.

 

Could the starter have come loose? I could hear some jingling and noise when it started getting ropey.

 

Is it easy to get to the starter to check? I don't even know where to look for it :o

my mums old BM started doing this (i know it may be completely different) however for her when it happened the car did not start but made a grinding noise when using starter moter. she tried a few times then resorted to leaving the hand brake off, disengaged the clutch and rocked the car but i cant remember completely..... then the car had no grinding and started......

 

did not do it for months however her trick worked everytime

 

was thinking a tooth was missing or something as the teth can quite often land on the same spot causing wear and tear

 

give it a try as you have nothing to lose.... hopefully something works

Edited June 29, 200917 yr by damien

Pretty common for the bolt to work loose or worse for the thread to have stripped. Do a search and you'll find plenty of posts about it. Basically you end up having to tap out the hole with the next size up with I think is M12 and use a larger bolt.

 

Vijay