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05 civic ep3 type r cold start noise

Sorry to hear that Mike, Pop a video up if you can. Most likely the starter motor not disengaging from the flywheel fast enough causes a grinding noise for the first second or two at start. Not really worth changing unless it really bothers you.
 
[video=youtube_share;uOLiuweqirU]https://youtu.be/uOLiuweqirU[/video]
Not my car but that’s the exact noise. It’s not the starter, I’ve had it sticking on before and it’s more of grinding noise, this sounds like a metallic noise. When I had the chain done, it was nearly 2 teeth out !! So I’m wondering whatever this noise is, it’s gojng to prematurely wear my chain again! Very frustrating lol. Any other suggestions?
Thanks for replying :)
 
Thats my car :), Still makes the noise i put it down as starter motor? Could be wrong though im no mechanic. out of curiousity how much miles had yours done when the chain was done. Mine is on 84k and has never been done.
 
Haha brilliant, I can’t upload the video from photos so just YouTubed it lol, so many people have the same issue, mine was done at 106k mate. But it had the noise since I bought it on 103k so god knows how long it’s been doing it for. But I’m sure the starter motor makes more of a high pitch grind noise . This sounds just like the chain lol but it can’t be as I’ve had it all changed! So confused mate! Mine could of been doing it since 80k to but I don’t know
 
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