hmmm....more detail plz? Where is the sound coming from?

 

i have a 95 240sx and when i start my car it makes a high pitch grinding sound, that last for a few seconds then stops. it sounds bad and i want it to stop any ideas?

Your starter is going bad. Get a new one. I think they're about 100.

 

$100...wow thats cheep. The cheapest one I've found remanufactured was $150.

 

$100...wow thats cheep. The cheapest one I've found remanufactured was $150.

haha that's probably right. But I know the starter is the problem.

 

i just had the starter replaced about 3 months ago, also it happened the other day while i was driving. How could i tell if the starter had gone bad. Sorry I don't know much about cars, but i am trying to learn so thanks for you help

 

i just had the starter replaced about 3 months ago, also it happened the other day while i was driving. How could i tell if the starter had gone bad. Sorry I don't know much about cars, but i am trying to learn so thanks for you help

that dosent sound like a starter if it was grinding while you were driving. more details on the sound and location would be great.

 

the sound is this high pitch grinding noise, i don't really know how else to describe it. i'm not really sure where the where it is coming from, other than the engine

 

check all the belts.
make sure they are tiiiiiiiiite!!!! <LMAO

 

check all the belts.
make sure they are tiiiiiiiiite!!!! <LMAO

Does it happen at a specific time? Like maybe when you turn the A/C on or only when you're highway driving (aside from the morning startup). Best guess with the info you've given us is what Kane said - one of your three belts are loose. Tight is good. Loose isn't fun. Check into that ASAP b/c if one of them is loose it could *potentially* (depending on how loose it is) slip off its pulley while you're driving. No bueno.

 

still sounds like a starter problem. could be a short somewhere keeping the starter from disengaging during start up...and randomly engaging during driving. check the starter signal wire (small wire on starter). get a multimeter. turnkey, and release. see if voltage drops upon releasing key. if voltage remains for a second then you have a cross-short somewhere. otherwise I'd say just a sticky starter...replace it either way cause it's going to kill your flywheel...