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Old 07-29-2009, 06:46 AM   #11
Oaktown 986
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Originally Posted by bustingear
This occours as the motor starts only for 1/2 second and stops. It does it on an intermittent basis.
I have the same noise intermittently on my 99 also, and read elsewhere on these forums it's a pinion in the starter. It gets gunked up, needs to be removed, cleaned, lubricated, and reinserted for another 80-150k of trouble-free operation.

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Jon
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