Odd sound after car starts (sometimes)

[gray wasp]

2003 Hyundai Getz

Noticed the car has made a weird sound after starting, sometimes. Not sure what it is, or if I should be worried.

[unkempt creek]

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[spice adder]

Does it do it on cold starts only? To me it sounds like it’s running dry for that second until oil gets to the top.

How many miles?

[gray wasp]

243k km

[gray wasp]

No

[civic gull]

it could be ur starter motor

[spice adder]

Could be hanging out too long for sure.

[gray wasp]

Does that mean its bad?

I'm replacing my fuel pump, but I've suspected maybe the starter starting to fail.

[spice adder]

Very well could be. I hope that’s the case, that is easy lol

[gray wasp]

Is there a way I can test it?

I can get a ebay starter for like a 100 bucks, never done a starter but I've done a alternator so should be easy, right?

[spice adder]

It’s a matter of a couple of bolts and cables but it is totally dependent on where it is. Could be an easy spot could be hard

What you can do is remove it to test it, that would be the most cost effective way of doing it so your not spending money just to diagnose

[gray wasp]

Gotta remove the battery and airbox etc, its behind the engine.

[spice adder]

Remove it and hold it or mount it to something and try to start the car and see what it does

We know that it starts the car, just gotta see if it’s “sticking out”

[gray wasp]

Someone told me it could be a pully?

[gray wasp]

Any other way to test it? I got nobody to help me lol

[spice adder]

It could be anything. I am simply basing what I think it is based on a video with sound. Some diagnosing is in order. I doubt it’s a pulley, normally it would make noise at all times when running

[spice adder]

Could disconnect the starter completely and jump it with the battery

[gray wasp]

Ngl might just buy a new starter and replace it without testing it.

Starter is prob the next thing to go, ive replaced like everything else.

[spice adder]

You need to remove the starter either way. Why not just remove the starter and test it? 🤔

[high kestrel]

Yeh test the old one

[gray wasp]

Im gonna try to test it myself, but done more driving and it sounds like the starter is just hanging out a little longer after the car starts.

[spice adder]

Keep us posted!

[gray wasp]

Ended up taking it to a mechanic :/, they didnt pull it out they just started it a few times to see if the car faults. They said they suspect that sound is the starter just hanging out too long.

He just said to replace it

He seemed confident after hearing the sound, so 🤷 yall reckon if they agree I should just get a new one?

[spice adder]

Sure you have a mechanic looking at it. He said the same that some of us have said

[gray wasp]

Obviously didnt say everything he said, but he said something about the starter being on the flywheel etc idk

I called a few shops here, they don't have "tools required" and basically said after hearing the sound I need a new starter.

I dropped it off at a shop near by, and he said get a new starter so

[spice adder]

Well the starter spins the fly wheel and turns the car over. Thats what a starter does. But he seems right. I would replace it.

Let us know how it comes out. Did they give you a price yet?

[gray wasp]

250

if they did the work and got the part

I can get a starter online for 105, might try and replace myself.

[spice adder]

If you can do it that is good learning experience

But if they do the remove and replace and buy the part, 250 is a solid price.

[gray wasp]

Ill prob try to do it myself.

I've done the alternator before, so shouldn't be that hard.

[spice adder]

Not hard at all

Well shouldn’t be anyways lol.

[gray wasp]

Just in a bad spot, so not really hard.

[gray wasp]

Bought one of those Ryobi ratchets :) job should be easy

new starter on the way, Thanks for the help everyone.

[spice adder]

Electric ratchet is a game changer. Love mine.

[gray wasp]

Now I gotta just suck it up and do the job :/

[spice adder]

That’s it bro.

Do it!

[gray wasp]

im just lazy and unmotivated lol, ill do it hopefully soon

Hopefully before the car stops starting

[gray wasp]

Yeah so finally got my starter motor replaced, car sounds way different when starting now almost 50% quieter. No more bad starter starts right up.

I checked the old starter, might actually be the original starter it came with.