my car is a 92 civic si hatch
anywho when i put the clutch in and turn the key this wierd very fast flickering noise occurs. never happened before and the car has only 160k so its not that old. i dunno if its just a fuse might be loose or what. but the car does not start it just goes loud zzzzzzzz flickering noise. can any one help of give me any ideas of what to try??? thanks!

Kyle

 

sounds like the battery is dead try jumpin it

 

nah its old and some times clicks when i turn the key but after about 4 turns it finally starts. then the first time now i remember it actually sounds like tons of really fast clicks and doesn't stop instead of before it would just be one big CLICK and nuthing. but i tried jumping it and it just kept making the same very fast clicking.????? any more ideas? thanks

 

when was the last time u did a tune up

 

about a month and a hlaf ago and everything was fine he told me.?

 

Is it clicks or more like a grinding noise?
DUDE...STOP!!!! The sound is the starter grinding on the fly wheel.

Well if it isn't that then it sounds like the starter is pretty much done. If you pull it off of the car some auto parts stores will test it out for you. Maybe its "loose" and isn't engaging properly. Let us know if you find out.

 

well i actually kept trying to jump it like absoulute said and after 2 tried it worked! but i wonder why bc its never happened before. You think i just need a new batterey? and another thing sometimes in the past when i would put on the brakes and almost come to a stop it would sputter like its just about to stall but then doesn't. yesterday i was working fine without the subs and hadn't left the sputtering then i put the subs in and i guess it must of been the battery that was making that wierd clicking noise. but then driving around tonight it felt like it was gonna stall when i was coming to a stop. would this have anything to do with the battery if it were dying? or would the sputtering be something else? thanks for the help guys