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Ticking from engine loudens with acceleration


dr---j
07-09-2008, 09:05 PM
I took my car out for a spin, came back cause a ticking noise had occured after the gas pedal got stuck....Now I have a slight oil leak and a ticking in my engine which loudens with acceleration...Any Ideas?

OldSVTGuy
09-11-2008, 09:54 PM
Try pulling the spark plug wires one at a time. If the sound goes away on one cylinder, you have at least isolated the problematic cylinder. There are other things that cause a tick, such as a blown exhaust gasket, too, but this is pretty easy to isolate by just listening at the head/header junction. Hope it's the latter and not the former.

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