Mike 92 XLT
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Well, after doing over two grand worth of work to this car over the past year, I figured it would be good to go for the next couple of years until I graduate college and buy something new. Hahahaha, I crack myself up sometimes. I just left sunny southern California for my eight month stint in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and right after I got here, I noticed the dreaded tick-tick-tick sound coming from the engine on cold mornings (which is like, every morning out here). I read back through the archives, and found that it's a pretty common problem, especially over 100K (I have 124,000 on mine), and some people have lived with it for a couple of years, so I wasn't too concerned about getting it in to my mechanic to have him look at it. However, it's getting worse. As in louder. You can really hear it at 1500 RPM, then it tapers off, and it's gone by about 2500 RPM. This morning I noticed that it's idling higher too when first started. It usually idles around 1000 RPM in Park when first started, and then 700 or so when put into Drive. Now, it's idling at 1200-1300 in Park and 900 in Drive. This goes away along with the ticking after driving a couple of miles. It's starting to idle rougher too, but it usually idles rougher out here than in California (different gas, maybe?), so I'm not sure if that's directly related or not. So is this something I should get looked at soon, or can I drive it into the ground for the next two years? Or am I going to get stranded somewhere between here and Detroit in the middle of December when it's like minus eight million degrees outside?
peace
Mike
"The Evil Exploder of Death"
peace
Mike
"The Evil Exploder of Death"