Grinding Blazer
Bought it Yesterday! grinding today! while idling took it out of park to put in reverse and loud grinding metal harsh sounds!! Yikes.. when i got home and was idle went to put it in park and 3xs as harsh and grinding sounding.. took it for 2 test drives this evening and nothing, sounds fine.. easy fix or bad bad news?? hubby is sumwhat comfortable with 4.6 its why we got a chevy.. HELP please!!
2002 blazer 2 wd 2 dr.. automatic trans |
It sounds like this grinding occurred even when the truck was not moving. Is that correct?
That's a 4.3L. :icon_wink: |
only happened when wasnt moving.. basically while shifting from park to drive or from bein in drive putting it into park it made that horrible noise.. LOUD.. after in gear is stopped.. but.. hubby stuck head under car and could hear it a tiny bit.. I shut er down.. restarted and nothing nada.. put it in gear couple few times no nasty sounds.. 2 test drives nothing.. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP FIGURING IT OUT.. lot easier to try and fix it if we know where to start.. :) tks
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Sounds like something is amiss inside the transmission. Is the fluid level proper?
Could possibly be the starter motor not retracting properly and hitting on the flex plate, but that shouldn't change when you put it into gear. If the motor mounts are bad, something up front could be hitting. That would change when you put it in gear. |
torque converter?
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Just had my catalytic converter replaced for making a rattling/grinding sound under similar conditions. And yes, mine was really loud a scary sounding at times. Next time you hear the sound, try pressing your foot against the tailpipe and listen for a change in the sound. Let us know what you find out.
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Originally Posted by swartlkk
(Post 310187)
Sounds like something is amiss inside the transmission. Is the fluid level proper?
Could possibly be the starter motor not retracting properly and hitting on the flex plate, but that shouldn't change when you put it into gear. If the motor mounts are bad, something up front could be hitting. That would change when you put it in gear.
Originally Posted by 1998MSO
(Post 310239)
Just had my catalytic converter replaced for making a rattling/grinding sound under similar conditions. And yes, mine was really loud a scary sounding at times. Next time you hear the sound, try pressing your foot against the tailpipe and listen for a change in the sound. Let us know what you find out.
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i have a 96 that the starter stayed engaged while in park or nuetral but was fine in drive.
i found the starter relay to be going bad and a short in the start circuit wires. it made a awful grinding noise . hope this helps. |
Originally Posted by Sadchevy
(Post 310590)
i have a 96 that the starter stayed engaged while in park or nuetral but was fine in drive.
i found the starter relay to be going bad and a short in the start circuit wires. it made a awful grinding noise . hope this helps. ty yes it does help sum it eases my mind a lil were steering towards it bein the starter stayin engaged and when in process of shifting its prolly hittin flywheel (sumthin is ) hasnt done it once today so hopefully it doesnt make a habit of it ill look into ways of getting it taken care of. can a shop tell with machines if the relay is goin bad or circuit wires? were not used to taken our car to shop hubby fixes em himself best he can or we live with it..lol Anyway it would be great anything less then the transmission going out. This Blazer is got my name written all over it and 1st nice car i have ever owned.. hate to have to give her up:( tks again :) |
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