Strange Noise on start up!
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Strange Noise on start up!
Please Help.
My impreza has started to make a strange noise when its started from cold.
Its a MY99 2.0 Turbo - UK Car.
When started from cold, as soon as the engine fires there is a strange noise that lasts for about 1 or 2 seconds.
Not really a squeak or a grinding noise.
(more of a heeeeeeeeeee cross with a chicken choooooo)?????
I do have a recording but cant see how to upload here?
Seems as though it is coming from the turbo/downpipe area.
Any advice appreciated.
Lee
My impreza has started to make a strange noise when its started from cold.
Its a MY99 2.0 Turbo - UK Car.
When started from cold, as soon as the engine fires there is a strange noise that lasts for about 1 or 2 seconds.
Not really a squeak or a grinding noise.
(more of a heeeeeeeeeee cross with a chicken choooooo)?????
I do have a recording but cant see how to upload here?
Seems as though it is coming from the turbo/downpipe area.
Any advice appreciated.
Lee
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I have something similar started a couple of weeks ago, still havent traced it. Sounds almost like something elictrical shorting crossed with a metallic grind. Lasts a second or two but no more, doesnt affect the way it drives. Will watch the thread with interest!!
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Sounds very similar to the noise I have too.
Mine though is the started motor solenoid sticking which is on the other side of the engine though. As you say, only for 1 maybe 2 seconds and it's gone.
Mine though is the started motor solenoid sticking which is on the other side of the engine though. As you say, only for 1 maybe 2 seconds and it's gone.
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I will stick my head under again to double check where the noise is coming from, but definitley seems to be coming from turbo area.
Bit suprised as car has only done 70K miles, well looked after with service history, oil changed every 4k and always left to tick over before switching off!
assuming it is turbo, should I be immediatly worried, will it let go soon, will it be throwing any nasty chunks into the engine?
Suppose the only thing I can do is get new turbo or get mine reconditioned !!
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So if it is the starter, would it make the noise every time, mine only seems to make the noise when the engine is cold. If I have driven for a while and warmed it up then no noise, I am wondering if its a belt slipping or something.....bloody annoying
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The noise was more noticable when cold. I attempted to remove the starter from the Primera to clean and lube the starter pinion scroll but realised the front end of the exhaust system needed to be dropped, so she lived with the problem for years!
If you take the intercooler off, the starter is quite accessable.
JohnD
If you take the intercooler off, the starter is quite accessable.
JohnD
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But it was definatley the starter.
As john sugessted its is quite easy to access the starter with the intercooler off.
Remove the starter and put some WD40 on the shaft to free it up, may prove a point.
I did notice that my old shaft was quite stiff compared to the new one i fitted!
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My old car did same and turned out to be starter motor. The noise mainly happening when cold could be to do with metal expanding when hot, or similar and this affects the noise.
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