Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:35:21 -0400 From: "J. Levantino" <jlevantinonopsamail.com> Subject: 9000 starter failure??? Need to diagnose and repair
My 1993 9000CS (non-turbo) just started making a terrible noise upon start-up. The car starts fine, but immediately after starting I hear a gear-grinding type noise for about 1/2 second or so. My initital guess is that the teeth on the starter motor are not disengaging the flywheel teeth fast enough. Has anyone else experience this and is this indicitive of a starter motor failure?? Actually, the starter motor itself is fine but I think that the mechanism (some type of clutch, I guess) that engages/disengages is failing. Is this clutch part of the starter assembly or can it be replaced seperately? How do you get to the starter? It seems buried underneath the intake manifold. Anxiously awaiting responses from all of you Saab experts. Thanks, Joe -- Joseph P. Levantino Quality By Design - "One Call Does it All" Complete Home Improvements - carpentry - ceramics - painting 732-747-1974 jlevantinonopsamail.com
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