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2000 mercury cougar: a high pitched whine..engaging..cranking

 
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my daughters 2000 mercury cougar sometimes will not start. i sounds like the starter is spinning , a high pitched whine, but not engaging the fly wheel and cranking the engine. i doesnt do this all the time,but when it does it will eventually start for her.

 

Country: United States
Make: Mercury
Model: cougar
Year: 2000
Engine: v-6

Submitted: 530 days and 22 hours ago.
Category: Mercury
Value: $18
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In most case if the starter is spinning and it dosnt engage your eaither looking at a bad starter or the flywheel is missing some teeth and it can do catch. I would start with removing the starter and doing a inspection of the flywheel to be sure all the teeth are in place and if so suspect the stater is bad (bad bendix) and needs to be replaced.

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