Sunday, December 21, 2014

Can you still drive your car if a few of the teeth on your flywheel your broken?

Can you still drive your car if a few of the teeth on your flywheel your broken?
The teeth on the flywheel are only used when the starter is enguaged, and starting the engine. This means that once the engine is actually running, you should be ok. (Assuming the little pieces that broke off haven't lodged themselves somewhere that they can cause trouble) However, when you shut your engine off, you are gambling that the broken teeth aren't right where the starter needs to enguage. You should get it repaired as soon as possible. If your financial situation absolutely prohibits it, drive the car as little as possible, and avoid shutting it off as much as you can, because eventually you're going to get stranded when those broken teeth land in the wrong spot and the starter can't do its job.

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