Starter noise
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Trailering
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Starter noise
I’ve got a 95 4.9 auto f150, starter was howling at idle like it was was getting spun by then engine and I could hear it when I shut the truck off too, I replaced the starter and it makes no noise at idle anymore, however when I shut it off I can hear this faint squeaking until the engine stops, what is the issue. Before you say it yes I know the automatic and manual starters are different sizes yes I got the right starter and it never did it even with the stock starter which was from 1995 then randomly started doing the squealing but now I can only hear it when i shut it off, are the starter’s adjustable? I can’t find any starter shims for my truck and the flywheel looks perfectly fine but I don’t wanna destroy my new starter if the engine is spinning it over.
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Tuned
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Thank you
I can't imagine the flywheel wouldn't kick the starter the rest of the way out if the bendix wasn't working 100% for some reason. A way to test, i think, would be to fire the truck up cold, and keep a hand on the starter for a brief moment and see if you can feel it spinning yet, or getting warm fast.
I can't imagine the flywheel wouldn't kick the starter the rest of the way out if the bendix wasn't working 100% for some reason. A way to test, i think, would be to fire the truck up cold, and keep a hand on the starter for a brief moment and see if you can feel it spinning yet, or getting warm fast.
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Thank you
I can't imagine the flywheel wouldn't kick the starter the rest of the way out if the bendix wasn't working 100% for some reason. A way to test, i think, would be to fire the truck up cold, and keep a hand on the starter for a brief moment and see if you can feel it spinning yet, or getting warm fast.
I can't imagine the flywheel wouldn't kick the starter the rest of the way out if the bendix wasn't working 100% for some reason. A way to test, i think, would be to fire the truck up cold, and keep a hand on the starter for a brief moment and see if you can feel it spinning yet, or getting warm fast.
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I have taken the belt off and it was still howling so none of the pulleys are making the noise I’m stumped because it only does it when hot
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Could that be a split/leak in the air pump plumbing?
If the starter needs shimming, in my Chevy days I used to use cheap old feeler gauge blades between starter and block.
If the starter needs shimming, in my Chevy days I used to use cheap old feeler gauge blades between starter and block.
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Holy smokes I was not expecting it to be that loud. If your starter was moving fast enough to make that noise, i'd expect it to be very hot, and possibly also generating & backfeeding a current into the charging system. I'm not familiar with automatic transmissions, but i truly hope you find the source of that noise! That is wild!
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Okay so I found the noise yesterday I had a blockage in the pcv. I pulled the dipstick out and the noise went away so I thought something bad had happened to my motor but then I pulled the pcv off while it was running and put the dipstick back in and no noise, for some reason it caused suction/ pressure in the motor and would make the howling noise from the bellhousing area. I had a piece of electrical tape wrapped around my pcv because the grommet it stretched and the pcv would blow out and I had a family member suggest the tape to keep the pcv in the grommet well the tape came undone barely and was blocking off the pcv
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