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First check to see if there is a cat under your hood.

If that isn't it then your starter pinion has probably failed to engage in the flywheel ring gear. That can come from a bad pinion, a loose starter or most usually a bad ring gear. You can test this yourself without even using a wrench. If the car screams at you, stop cranking, pop the hood and turn the engine a few degrees by hand (I didn't say it would be easy, just that you wouldn't need a tool).

By turning the engine those few degrees your pinion may find good teeth on the ring gear and start. If not, it probably isn't the ring gear since they usually only go bad in spots...not to say it isn't the ring gear going really bad but, if it cranks and starts after you turn it you can be pretty sure that you'll need a new flywheel.

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