Thread: 'Ticking' sound when under load.

Originally Posted by ndrew

My unqualified gut feeling is this is a potential rabbit-hole of a problem. One I’d be happy to pursue while the car was under warranty, but think long and hard about spending my own hard-earned on.

So, it may well sort the sound, but given the big dollars involved, I’d be wanting 1) an assurance it’d sort the ticking sound and 2) a bit of intel on what the downside of putting it on hold for a while is. If the car isn’t symptomatic, I’d be holding out till I had a real solid reason to drop that kind of spandoula on it.

Cheers,

— andrew

Hi Andrew, I think good advice. Appreciate it!

Cheers David.

Originally Posted by BobD

I agree with Andrew. There is no need to start replacing injectors unless you have problems due to the injectors, other than a bit of noise.

It will no doubt get worse and then it will be easier to diagnose. Lenny at Rovertech, who does most of the work on my aging car (280,000km), is pretty good at diagnosing stuff when there is enough evidence. If they are guessing there is obviously nothing actually wrong that they are worried about yet.

Thanks Bob. Good advice. Lenny went for a ride but wasn't certain, so it can't be too bad. All the injectors are reading within spec, three older ones distinctly different to the three new ones, but still within spec. Also, driving around town is no worries. So I think I'll just keep driving it for a time and see how it goes. Either that or up grade to a 4......