Buzzing at startup/ring gear
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Buzzing at startup/ring gear
'87 Accord - automatic transmission replaced 30,000 miles/2 years ago.
When I went to start my car today, it happened...I got that high pitched buzzing noise. It sounds a lot like the noise when you mitakenly start a car when it is already running.
I've dealt with this before in another car, and I remember a mechanic mentioning to me that a problem in the ring gear was to blame. I never had it fixed - dismantling the transmission and replacing parts was cost prohibitve, to say the very least. Anyway, I drove the car for quite a while. The noise would appear intermittently, but after a couple of tries I could always start the car. I observed no other problems in operating the vehicle (nothing remotely related, anyway) once I got the engine running.
In my current vehicle, what other components could I or should I rule out before I can confidently assume that the ring gear is a problem? Is the ring gear part of the flywheel assembly, or can just the ring gear itself be replaced?
Assuming ring gear replacement is prescribed, can a person just "let this go" until the startup difficulties become more painful than the cost of pursuing a solution, or is there likely additional wear and tear as a result of the events and actions which make up the buzzing noise? Also, in addition to whatever damage occurs during those few seconds of buzzing, does the underlying problem go on to further damage/effect other components even after the car has been started? My hope, of course, is that the needed mechanical repairs will be exactly the same (parts and labor) whether I had the issue fixed today or in a year or two or however long it would take before reliably and quickly starting the car became an urealistic expectation. Actually, I only need a couple of years out of this car and then I can move on. I think the car's got those two years in it (excluding the unknown ring gear factor). I'd like to just live with the occasional horrible noise and a few additional seconds in turning over the motor, but not if it is likely to make a serious dent in my two-year expectation.
When I went to start my car today, it happened...I got that high pitched buzzing noise. It sounds a lot like the noise when you mitakenly start a car when it is already running.
I've dealt with this before in another car, and I remember a mechanic mentioning to me that a problem in the ring gear was to blame. I never had it fixed - dismantling the transmission and replacing parts was cost prohibitve, to say the very least. Anyway, I drove the car for quite a while. The noise would appear intermittently, but after a couple of tries I could always start the car. I observed no other problems in operating the vehicle (nothing remotely related, anyway) once I got the engine running.
In my current vehicle, what other components could I or should I rule out before I can confidently assume that the ring gear is a problem? Is the ring gear part of the flywheel assembly, or can just the ring gear itself be replaced?
Assuming ring gear replacement is prescribed, can a person just "let this go" until the startup difficulties become more painful than the cost of pursuing a solution, or is there likely additional wear and tear as a result of the events and actions which make up the buzzing noise? Also, in addition to whatever damage occurs during those few seconds of buzzing, does the underlying problem go on to further damage/effect other components even after the car has been started? My hope, of course, is that the needed mechanical repairs will be exactly the same (parts and labor) whether I had the issue fixed today or in a year or two or however long it would take before reliably and quickly starting the car became an urealistic expectation. Actually, I only need a couple of years out of this car and then I can move on. I think the car's got those two years in it (excluding the unknown ring gear factor). I'd like to just live with the occasional horrible noise and a few additional seconds in turning over the motor, but not if it is likely to make a serious dent in my two-year expectation.
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