make a noise like a playing car stuck in the spokes of a kid's bike? It does not make it at idle or when moving when the accelerator is not pressed (at idle, in gear) does it in forward and reverse. It kinda worries me because it wasn't there before, but I drove a '68 Charger that made the same noise so at the same time I'm not concerned about it too much. I replaced the condensor in the distributor and I cleaned the coil's exterior of caked on grease. The engine accessories were removed and the starter. After some paint it all went back EXACTLY like it came off and when I got it running again I drove it up and down the block and it made that clicking noise. :-k Strange.
You may be right, I ordered a service manual and I will go through my engine with a fine tooth comb when the FSM gets here.
No slop in u-joints not them.
Nope, it is a clicking noise that increases with engine speed.
1. No, can't say, I checked that and it is straight. I live about 2400 miles from CA and have no plans to be in that state as long as it is the way it is now.
2. Radio is off when this noise happens, and the car is a 55,000 mile car, practically new.
Not idling....but give it gas while in Neutral and get the rpms up.
If you can rev up the engine in Neutral without the noise and the noise is only made while the car is in gear, it seems to me it's not coming from the engine itself but rather somewhere rear of the engine.[/quote]
Xs2 on bold. The torque convertor and flex plate will be moving when the engine is running even in idle.
Post the answer when you find out what the problem was.