Hello I am new here. I have recently purchased a 95 Eagle Talon AWD TSi with a 1g engine and 140k miles. There were a few things I have noticed about the car that didn't seem quite normal. 1:: Shifting tends to be difficult at times, at a complete stop sometimes it is difficult to get it into first gear even with the clutch completely down (stage 2 clutch) sometimes i have to put it into second before it'll get into first, the first and third gears tend to be the stickiest. 2:: a fast-paced ticking noise under the hood, i didn't quite investigate where the noise was coming from but sometimes it seems to go away when i rev the engine, at other times it gets louder as i accelerate. 3:: when i put it into reverse it scratches/grinds unless I put it in first beforehand. 4:: at a complete stop in first gear the rpm gets really low as if the car is about to die but is fine when i give it gas. (tends to do that when im low on gas)
5:: while idle the rpm sits at around 600 or so but jumps around a bit near 1-2k then sits back at 600
Thank you to anyone who took the time to read all this, my knowledge on cars is not so great, guess you have to start somewhere =\ Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I don't know whether im dealing with serious issues or im just being paranoid
*************************** Ahhhhh one more thing that i forgot to mention when I first posted. I have read that shifter movement while in gear is not a good thing? my car has a short shifter adapter and when it is in gear the stick can move left/right quite far while the gear is in place. Thank you to everyone who had left advice, greatly appreciated
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