Re: Guesses on my rattle?
Dude, I think we have the same exact problem? Now we need to find a fix!! And, yes I do get a bit of a backfire while reving and letting go of the gas pedal (in park), I forgot to mention that in my earlier post. The weird thing is the car idles fine and seems to be accelerating with not problem, though I think I'm starting to expierence the dreaded "IC PUMP" failure. At times when I am on the highway crusing at around 60mph and I floor it, I feel like it surges and doesn't not take off. Then the next time I do it, it pulls hard and I stick to the seat!
I even took off my NEESWINGS intake, so that maybe I could isolate the tick better, no luck, but...This morning I rolled my windows up and turned off the radio to see if I could hear anything strange in the cabin while accelarating at different rates, and I heard sort of a light tick/click at a very fast rate. It might be the same tick just at a faster rate or an exhaust leak, it almost sounds like a quiter version of a hot rod sound, don't know it this helps or confuses you even more but its hard to explain. One thing I'm sure of is this sound was not there before. As of now I'm leaning towards(hoping for) some sort of exhaust leak, and not an internal engine issue. Now I have to try and convince the dealer to take a look at it again, and fight of the "its normal" bs.
Have you noticed any increased engine vibration? I don't know what to think anymore, its like the more I look more issues I find, or maybe I'm just becoming a bit paranoid.
I love this car but all these issues are just killing me, plus everytime I go to the dealer I have to wait 2 weeks to a month before parts come in. On a bit of a side note, currently I am waiting for a steering gearbox to come in by the end of the month, then another trip to the dealer. Well, that's it for know, I'll keep updating.
thanks,
Frank
Last edited by kikofranky; Oct 15, 2008 at 11:17 AM.