Strange Startup Noise

[miku_mkv]

After parking for some time, I heard a noise when I first started up the car. I restarted it again twice after and I didn't hear the same noise again.

The only thing to note was I had 1 bar of fuel with 70km range.

Fuel pump or starter motor?

Thanks for the help!

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[lucky phil]

After parking for some time, I heard a noise when I first started up the car. I restarted it again twice after and I didn't hear the same noise again.

The only thing to note was I had 1 bar of fuel with 70km range.

Fuel pump or starter motor?

Thanks for the help!

Considering the starters on the B58 don't seem totally bulletproof I'd say starter on the way out.
Phil

 

[zrk]

Def could be starter.

 

[miku_mkv]

I had it inspected by the dealer but they couldn't reproduce it - I wasn't expecting them to reliably.

I do believe it's the cold-ish weather here in Australia ~ 10 *C where the starter isn't pulling out retracting fast enough.

 

[lucky phil]

I had it inspected by the dealer but they couldn't reproduce it - I wasn't expecting them to reliably.

I do believe it's the cold-ish weather here in Australia ~ 10 *C where the starter isn't pulling out retracting fast enough.

Ha 10 deg C is cold? Where are you living Brisvegas? Hell here in Sunny Melbourne we get 0C regularly overnight in winter. In the automotive world 10C is nothing. My friend that spent his working hours testing and calibrating engines in GM's test cell had a test where they cooled the dyno to something like -30C let the engine cold soak then the test was to start the engine and take it to peak torque rpm and hold it there for a period of time. Rinse and repeat X amount of times and then pull it down and look for damage. The engine had to pass this test or it wasn't fit for production.

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