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Old 12-13-2011, 10:45 AM
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went to start my car for the first time for the day... every thing sounded normal... then it stalled... tried to restart it and the starter sound like a wurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr instead of a wurrrrr wurrrr wurrrrr wurrrrr like a normal car should sound like when starting....

granted it could of been multiple of things

threw no codes at all

and after that 20 seconds was running a lil rich due to the fact i flooded it a bit....

it hasn't done it again

yeah i know its a csb
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Old 12-13-2011, 03:05 PM
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Cool Story. How old is the battery?
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Old 12-13-2011, 04:51 PM
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its not the battery i replaced it last year
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check out the starter motor
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this happened to me ONCE, and never happened again. only it didn't stall it was when i went out to start it one morning. it took almost a minute to start. it was turning over, but wouldn't fire. this was months ago, and had to be at least 8k miles ago. never happened ago. i figure i may have gotten a shot of bad gas as much as i hate to use that excuse.

never heard of a starter causing the car to stall.
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sounded like the starter was just free spinning

also i changed my oil the day before and cleaned my MAF sensor... and i always start my car after i change my oil
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Just because you replaced the battery last year doesn't mean that it can't be the problem.
Does it sound like the starter is engaging the flex-plate or flywheel?
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sounded like the starter was not engaging
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