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I went there and that was by far the weirdest noise I have ever heard come out of a car ever in my life. I put my timing light on it, and as soon as it fired up I thought it was backfiring sporadicaly. I placed my hand on the air filter lid and it felt as if someone was under the car hitting the oil pan with a mallet. This horrific knocking shook the entire engine compartment and no way was in any sort of sync with the strobe on mt timing light. The engine ran fine aside from the starter not working one of the times we tried starting the car. At first I thought maybe a roller busted off a lifter and the lifter was wedging itself on the cam lobe. But only on every 5th or 6th revolution? On my way home it occured to me that perhaps the starter solonoid was shot and the starter gear is rubbing up agenst the flywheel and every now and again catching a flywheel tooth. I hope thats it, that would be an easy fix, much easier than tearing the motor down or towing the car. Im keeping my fingers crossed for it being the starter.
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