Th weird thing is that this grinding noise in N and P comes only once and then it is gone. This morning I started the car and nothing - runs fine.
Hard to test this situation if it is unpredictable.
I am 98% sure it is the starter... because
1) it is exactly the same noise as if you have the engine running and turn the key in order to start ( I remember when you I was in a hurry in traffic with a stick transmission and i though I killed the engine at a slope in stop and go and turned the key but the engine still cranking- this is precisely the noise I am talking about...
If you have never driven a stick then this situation might have not occurred to you.
2) it happens in N and P and that is when the starter is working- remember it doesn't in the gears.
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Originally Posted by vstech
also, if that was the case, you would not have to turn the key to start the car, simply puting the key in the glow position would crank it up. I doubt that is the case.
it could be the starter is not disengaging, and you hear it grinding. it could also be a broken flywheel, or a loose flywheel bolt. I'd get the car up on a good lift, and listen to it in different positions of the shifter.
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