WTF!! Can anything else go wrong???????

[Silver Bullet]

Ok... The past couple weeks have been unbelievable as far as problems with the SHO!! Now tonight my wife goes to Walmart, and calls me at home saying she's stuck and the SHO won't start. I am seriously thinking of having the thing exorcised at this moment.

Here's the clincher... It has a brand new "Delco" starter that was put on 2 weeks ago. When I got to the car and attempted to start it, it made a loud whirring sound/metal clanging. It sounded like the starter to me. Major WTF!!!! A couple times it caught and kicked, but mostly it just kept making that noise. I had to have it towed to the garage where it now sits AGAIN!! madflame madflame madflame madflame madflame madflame

I am praying and hoping others here think it's a bad/faulty starter, because someone mentioned to me it could be the timing chain. If it "IS" the timing chain, we are totally screwed at this time due to financial stress. I throw my hands up in the air now, and wait to hear from my Shoforum friends what they think happened.

<small>[ February 16, 2004, 11:45 PM: Message edited by: Silver Bullet ]</small>

 

[AutoSHO]

Sounds like a bad starter to me. But... if it never got started, it could be a bad battery, or alternator. NMI, Need more information.

 

[Ferendon]

I gotta agree with Auto. The Battery and alternator don't sound like an issue though... They usually don't cause metal clanging sounds.

 

[qiksho]

sounds to me like maybe u got te wrong starter put in...maybe for a regular taurus...prolly a bad rebuild...

 

[Rob94]

It's the starter my friend. Seeing as it has worked for two weeks, it is probably defective and not just a wrong application. Who installed it. To make a "metal clanging" sound, it almost sounds like the damn thing is lose?

 

[SHO_Driver]

Yeah I agree, the damn thing is probably loose.

 

[KentuckySHOoff]

SHO_Driver:
Yeah I agree, the damn thing is probably loose.

that is what i was thinking
sounds like the starter is definately spinning free and not engaging.

 

[Silver Bullet]

Ahhh... I feel better now. They have to replace the starter free, and that's fine with me!

Thanks everyone for the responses thumb

 

[sdpatt]

The SHO has a timing belt from the crankshaft to the two intake camshafts that should be replaced at 60,000 mile intervals for the 3.0L (MTX) and 100,000 miles for the 3.2L (ATX). When that belt breaks, the engine stops and since the SHO is a non-interference engine design, the pistons and valves do not touch. The intake camshafts are connected to the exhaust camshafts by multilink chains that are not prone to failure. At the advanced miles of my engine, it is on its 6th timing belt and its original timing chains.

 

[sho 'nuff]

I've had similar problems with a starter myself. I think I am on my 3rd or 4th one within the last year or so. All but the first replaced for free. Found out what might have caused the problem later down the road of course. Relay control module burnt out for the fuel pump so it would only send fuel on start up half the time. So other times it would just crank and crank...which I am sure caused stress on the poor starter(s).

<small>[ February 17, 2004, 11:20 AM: Message edited by: AutoSHO ]</small>

 

[SonicRiot]

Did you replace the starter motor or the solenoid?

 

[AutoSHO]

On a Gen 2 the starter and solenoid are one unit, unlike the 89-91 with the fender mounted solenoid.

 

[Camarok]

SHO_Driver:
Yeah I agree, the damn thing is probably loose.

Hopefully it's not eating your flywheel.... oh headbang

but my guess is the the pinion isn't shooting out/or shooting out far enough... or it's just a ******** starter.

 

[Silver Bullet]

The results are in, and .......................


It WAS a defective (DELCO) starter!! Yeah baby!! I am sooo happy it wasn't something drastic hail


* Thanks again all who responded to my thread!! thumb