DonQuiXJote
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Western North Carolina
Hi everyone- For the past eight months to a year or so my '00 XJ has had the seemingly very common issue of not starting up on the first turn of the key, and will just keep trying to turn over to no avail . Nine times out of ten if its been sitting for more than a couple hours I have to turn the car on, wait a few seconds, and /then/ try turning the engine on, and then it works like a charm. Additionally, every so often when the engine starts up the car jostles in an odd way for a while, like not all the cylinders are firing, but that usually resolves itself quickly after I start driving.
Since doing an oil change the other day, I've tried to start the car a couple times and instead of getting the regular cranking noise that usually comes during the first attempt to turn the engine on, its silent for a second followed by a loud clunky grinding noise. The couple times this has occurred I turn it off, put the key in the on position for a few seconds, and then start the engine on the second go with no problems just like before.
Before it was a consistent inconvenience that I could get used to and live with- but this makes me think I've got a bigger more urgent problem. My worry is that I messed up the starter during the oil change without realizing it. A quick spot check and it looks okay, but I don't know where to go from here to isolate the problem, or if it even is the starter at all. If its helpful, I can take a video of all this. Any help is much appreciated!
Since doing an oil change the other day, I've tried to start the car a couple times and instead of getting the regular cranking noise that usually comes during the first attempt to turn the engine on, its silent for a second followed by a loud clunky grinding noise. The couple times this has occurred I turn it off, put the key in the on position for a few seconds, and then start the engine on the second go with no problems just like before.
Before it was a consistent inconvenience that I could get used to and live with- but this makes me think I've got a bigger more urgent problem. My worry is that I messed up the starter during the oil change without realizing it. A quick spot check and it looks okay, but I don't know where to go from here to isolate the problem, or if it even is the starter at all. If its helpful, I can take a video of all this. Any help is much appreciated!