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HI I HAVE A SEAT TOLEDO 2OOO MODEL WHEN START FROM COLD THERE IS NOISE ON START UP COMING FROM STARTER AREA BUT WITHIN ABOUT 2 SECONDS I GOES AWAY DOES THIS SOUND LIKE STARTER MOTOR PROBLEM IS IT SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT OR JUST TO LEAVE ALONE AM NO MECHANIC BUT NEED SOME ADVICE ONCE CAR IS WARM IT DOESN,T DO IT WHAT PUZZLES ME

IAN PLEASE EMAIL ME AT MIJOHNSON04@AOL.COM

IAN
December 2006
Sound like the cog on the starter motor is not clearing the flywheel ring gear properly.

When you turn the key to start the car, a solenoid is energised which engages a cog on the starter with teeth on the flywheel. Once in this position, the solenoid hits an end switch which energises the motor itself which turns the engine over.

Once you stop turning the key, a return spring forces the now de energised solenoid back to its home position thus dis engaging the starter cog with the flywheel.

Sounds like in your case, either the return spring is week or the shaft that the starter cog travels on isnt clean and lubricated.

Not somthing i would worry too much about - may fix itself over time.

Cheers

Stewart - www.EveryCarPart.co.uk
December 2006

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