# Car Turn Over Noise **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [September 2, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-turn-over-noise/67584 "2011-09-02T02:04:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pithy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@Pithy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Pithy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-turn-over-noise/67584/1 "2011-09-02T02:04:15Z")
Does anyone have any good onomatopoeias for an engine turning over? Bonus points if you can transition for turn over to idle. ---
**Author:** ![mleich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@mleich](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mleich)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-turn-over-noise/67584/2 "2011-09-02T12:19:14Z")
Turning over as in turning the key and hearing the starter motor? 4 cylinder or V-8? (V-8 sound is of course “VROOOOOOM”) ---
**Author:** ![twotone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@twotone](https://community.cartalk.com/u/twotone)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-turn-over-noise/67584/3 "2011-09-02T14:11:20Z")
They all sound different. An idling Harley Davidson motorcycle sounds like: “potato, potato, potato.” ---
**Author:** ![Pithy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@Pithy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Pithy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-turn-over-noise/67584/4 "2011-09-02T14:27:31Z")
Yeah, it would just be the starter motor turning the engine prior to ignition. Like if you tried to start a working car without the sparkplugs in. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-turn-over-noise/67584/5 "2011-09-02T18:34:30Z")
Wow. I had to look that word up. When I turn my engine over it goes “Creeeeeak”. I need to oil my engine stand. ---
**Author:** ![EllyEllis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f14d63/32.png) [@EllyEllis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/EllyEllis)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-turn-over-noise/67584/6 "2011-09-05T21:30:29Z")
Does the engine turn completely over or does it just turn upside down? ---
**Author:** ![chaissos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/chaissos/32/2347_2.png) [@chaissos](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chaissos)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-turn-over-noise/67584/7 "2011-09-06T00:12:20Z")
(as I’ve read elsewhere) First it goes rrr…rrr…rrr…rrr…, then it goes rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 🙂