Subject	Check your Fidanza for ring gear spin
Posted by	HillZTT on May 09, 2008 at 5:55 AM
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In Reply To	did a 5 speed swap, question about starter..... posted by john90zxtt(OH) on May 07, 2008 at 04:23 PM
Message	Mine did the same, until it finally just did that noise all of the time. I checked flywheel teeth, starter, starter alignment, voltage, cables...etc. It ended up being the ring gear (teeth) spinning around the body of the flywheel. I noticed that the engine would turn small amounts instead of continuously while I had a buddy cranking it. In the beginning it would do as you described, then catch and start. Once it started doing it all of the time, I really though I just had a dead battery. I could roll start the car and it would always start back up immediately after a drive. Turns out that after everything heated up, the flywheel was expanded enough to seize inside the ring gear. I have heard of Fidanzas doing this in other appliactions and have seen one on a turbo Eclipse. So, do you ever have starting issues after the car is driven? ------------------ Tada! "Low compression in cylinder 6."
Follow Ups	did a 5 speed swap, question about starter..... - john90zxtt(OH) 16:23:00 05/07/08 mine makes that noise now. Random at times. Dreading... (n/m) - XTZ 17:18:50 05/07/08 yep, random, when it does it a couple of times... - john90zxtt(OH) 17:44:37 05/07/08 Re: did a 5 speed swap, question about starter..... - wilkendw 19:06:00 05/07/08 Take the starter off and check the flywheel teeth all - Spddracer 18:46:56 05/08/08 no, brand new flywheel (n/m) - john90zxtt(OH) 20:21:34 05/08/08 Check your Fidanza for ring gear spin - HillZTT 05:55:33 05/09/08
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