Man, I love it when I'm right! ::
When my daughter's starter did that, her starter also checked out fine on the tester. The mgr. at Autozone, where it was still under warranty, though, said "let's not take a chance with it, anyway" and gave me a new one (for free since it has a lifetime warranty). I wasn't going to put that starter back in anyway, so it was nice that their customer service was so good that I didn't even have to bring it up. ::
Any knock in an engine is not good. This, too, sounds like my daughter's old engine. When hers started knocking we just yanked the engine and dropped my spare in it. Her old one is still sitting on the engine stand in my garage, as I still haven't had a chance to open it up and see what's wrong with it.
When my daughter's starter did that, her starter also checked out fine on the tester. The mgr. at Autozone, where it was still under warranty, though, said "let's not take a chance with it, anyway" and gave me a new one (for free since it has a lifetime warranty). I wasn't going to put that starter back in anyway, so it was nice that their customer service was so good that I didn't even have to bring it up. ::
Any knock in an engine is not good. This, too, sounds like my daughter's old engine. When hers started knocking we just yanked the engine and dropped my spare in it. Her old one is still sitting on the engine stand in my garage, as I still haven't had a chance to open it up and see what's wrong with it.