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Location: Connecticut, US
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the 1987 G50 Carrera was made with a thicker gearbox flange but they forgot to tell the starter guys and the net result was that the starter pinion did not fully engage the ring gear when starting and when this happened it made an bad grinding noise. The fix was to drop the engine , remove the ring gear and install a thicker version.It says in my Parts and technical Reference catalog that the correct gear was installed on engines no 64k 01999 through 64k 02208 and from 64k 03112. Hope this helps in isolating the issue. You could also look at the end of the ring gear from beneath and se if it's chewed up
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87 Carrera Targa
98 528i BMW
2004 Jetta 1.8T
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