Ok well I'm fairly sure my car has lifter tick because I've been hearing the sound for almost a year now and my bother and I heard it when I bought it and my mechanic said everything looked ok and I would think if I had rod knock, the engine wouldn't have lasted a year, am I right?
Ok well this has happened once before. I was driving to a friend's house and there is about a half mile of country road before his subdivision so I got on it a bit and when I slow down to turn in i hear a distinctly different ticking/knocking sound. It almost sounds like...you know the sound usaully associated with old, junk cars? that almost put put put sound? Ya it was doing that. I've never heard rod-knock but I would ahve bet anything that this is what it sounds like. Did it at idle, in park, neutral, got louder if revved all that. Turned the car off and when I left an hour later it was still doing it. So I drove as gingerly as I could (going about 25 in the 45 --but road was clear--and keeping the rpms as low as I could) I'm thinking, shit I broke something. Well about half way home, I suddenly don't notice it anymore. I mean I still have the old tick but the new knock is gone. I drove the rest of my 10 minutes home still taking it easy but the sound was gone. THis exact same thing happened about 5 months ago. Wtf is going on? I'm getting my oil changed this week and I know I should have them check the oil for metal shavings to make sure I haven't spun a bearing and if everything is ok all my other planned mods are being put off in place of a new oil pump and maybe a fuel and oil filter too.
Ok well this has happened once before. I was driving to a friend's house and there is about a half mile of country road before his subdivision so I got on it a bit and when I slow down to turn in i hear a distinctly different ticking/knocking sound. It almost sounds like...you know the sound usaully associated with old, junk cars? that almost put put put sound? Ya it was doing that. I've never heard rod-knock but I would ahve bet anything that this is what it sounds like. Did it at idle, in park, neutral, got louder if revved all that. Turned the car off and when I left an hour later it was still doing it. So I drove as gingerly as I could (going about 25 in the 45 --but road was clear--and keeping the rpms as low as I could) I'm thinking, shit I broke something. Well about half way home, I suddenly don't notice it anymore. I mean I still have the old tick but the new knock is gone. I drove the rest of my 10 minutes home still taking it easy but the sound was gone. THis exact same thing happened about 5 months ago. Wtf is going on? I'm getting my oil changed this week and I know I should have them check the oil for metal shavings to make sure I haven't spun a bearing and if everything is ok all my other planned mods are being put off in place of a new oil pump and maybe a fuel and oil filter too.
