Nissan sentra 200sx wont start

Asked by Jlynne027 Jul 16, 2016 at 05:47 PM about the 1997 Nissan Sentra

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

When trying to start my car it makes a loud
grinding/crank sound and it will not start

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Kabba45 answered 8 years ago

Sounds to me that your fly wheel is missing teeth since teeth are missing it isn't aligned and will start grinding because the teeth that are missing won't allow it to turn

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