engine grinding as though broken ring, but good compression

[John Van Vuren" <veedublu@prod.net (John Van Vuren)]

Eh, it's probably your starter not disengaging....

John


>
> Time to pull the pan and the valve cover and have someone spin the motor
> by hand while you check things out....is it coming from the bottom end or
> the top?  what side of the motor?
>
> Eric
>
> On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, Robbie Cotner wrote:
>
> >
> > hey all, I *think* my rings are NOT broken since a compression check
> > gave me 155-150-155-150 (on cyl 1-2-3-4 respectively).  So what the
> > hell is my grinding noise coming out of the engine!?  I have the
> > timing covers off, and ALL accessories disconnected(no drivebelts).
> > Still a grinding.  Anyone think they can help?
> >
> > Thanks-
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
> >
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> Eric
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