car help
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Topic: car help
Posted By: merc
Subject: car help
Date Posted: 26 January 2005 at 10:11am
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i broke my car i pushed it kinda hard (93 cutlass supreme) i might have red lined it now that i think about it...
anyway theres a clicking sounds kinda like a pen clicking its there when i idel and it gets faster when i rev the engen...any ideas as to what it could be? how much $ to get it fixed? ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
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Posted By: Panda Man
Date Posted: 26 January 2005 at 10:13am
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it could be somthing from your fan belt, or somthing small, the worst you could of done is spun a bearing...
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Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 26 January 2005 at 10:15am
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my first thought was a belt too. il go check it out in a little bit ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 26 January 2005 at 10:27am
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i realy dont know much about cars...anyway the belt seams fine looking at the engen from the front the belt is on the left and the noise sounds like its comming from the top/right side of the engen about center ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: SebastianBlack
Date Posted: 26 January 2005 at 10:43am
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Sounds like oil to me. check that it isnt low. Perhaps try changing it. Sometimes when oil gets old it experiences viscosity breakdown sooner and you will get a tick. This should be the first thing you do. Use a synthetic if able. If you still have a tick, then bring it to a mechanic. ------------- FFKFASOFAA Erst wenn die Wolken schlafengehn kann man uns am Himmel sehn wir haben Angst und sind allein Gott weiss ich will kein Engel sein |
Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 26 January 2005 at 10:47am
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the sticker on my windshield says i need an oil change last week but i figuered i would wait tull i hit the mi (still have 500 to go) and i do have an oil leak...il check that thanx ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 26 January 2005 at 11:46am
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I'm no expert, but Sebastian gives good advice.
My buddy bought an '88 Ford Mustang GT (5 liter) off some dude for like $500. It ran well, but the trasmission started slipping....he would try and burn-out but the tranny wouldn't catch first gear until the RPM's got pretty high. Basically, the you gas the car and it doesn't go at all until it catches first gear and it spins tires like crazy because it catches at such a high RPM. Long story short, my friend thought he needed a new tranny, when my other buddy tells him to check/change the transmission fluid....he does and the car runs like a dream. Keeping up on your regular maintenence is really all you can do for your car. One tip: Assuming your car has over 50,000 miles, when you change your oil, look for a product called Engine Restore...it comes in a silver can. There are 4,6, and 8 cylinder formulas, and I think the biggest one is still less than $10. It's just an oil additive that restores compression in older cars(over 50,000 miles). I used to drive a 1990 Ford Taurus and putting that little $8 bottle of Restore did more good for my throttle response than anything. |
Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 26 January 2005 at 11:53am
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thanx man (127k) il check that out as well the sound pritymuch went away i can hear it with the hood poped but its not that bad and i have a little more oil looked like it was full (i added half a liter 2 weeks ago because it was low) il probly change it next weekend and try some of the restore ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |