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Hi,

Polo 1.9d
Recently the car has started making a very loud sound when starting. I changed the starter motor, thinking this was the problem. It seems to fix it for about a week, and the noise started coming back. Now when i turn the ignition, it turns over a couple of times, followed by a small bang type noise. Once its started, the noise stops. If i've been using it for a few minutes and then try and re-start the noise completly disspapers.
It seems the noise is only apparent when doing a cold start in the morning, or start it after its not been used for a while during the day.

Any help with this will me much appriciated.

Anand

Try cleaning the airways and using a fuel cleaner, if that doesn't solve it take it to a specialist


hope that helps

Karl

Happened mine when I had the diesel engine, was under warrenty and they changed the flywheel It only happened on cold starts too, can't remember much about the noise now tho, was over 4 years ago! Sorry!

Just noticed your red & blue conversion... how did you do this if you dont mind me asking?

Thanks Anand

short answer - took apart dash, cut it up replaced bits and changed the LED's for red and blue ones. Bit more to it than that tho!!

Col wrote:short answer - took apart dash, cut it up replaced bits and changed the LED's for red and blue ones. Bit more to it than that tho!!

Any chance of a how to do in a bit more detail!!!!!! Kenwood stereo in my car is blue (colour choice of display wasn't a priority - ability to play MP3's was

maybe u got a duff reconditioned starter? are the pos and neg leads back on how they came off? is the starter correctly positioned to the flywheel? if a garage did it take it back to them.