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Old 09-12-2009, 04:37 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Faint tick/knock at low RPMS

Ok so here is a quick History of my car before I get into any details. I bought the car used (it was stock) last year. I drove it for about a month and then the cat in the upipe broke apart and blew my turbo and spun a rod bearing. I had the dealership
rebuild everything for me and all was well. About 5000 miles after that rebuild it spun a rod bearing. Dealership covered it and rebuilt it again since something wasn't correct. Since the second rebuild i have about another 5000 miles on the car. Today i notcied a really faint ticking or knocking at low rpms. I'm not sure if it's normal and i'm being paranoid or if it's a start of something else bad to come. Only mod on the car as far as the engine goes is a catback. Below is a video of the sound, you can hear the noise best at a constant rpm....the camera is pretty bad so it might be hard to hear but if anyone has any input please let me know. Thanks!

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Old 09-12-2009, 05:21 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Sorry, can't really tell anything from that video. I'd be taking it to the dealer right away. With your history I'd think they'd listen to ya.


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Old 09-14-2009, 03:49 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Went to the nearest dealer today. Once of the techs looked at it for me. He said it wasn't really loud or pronounced enough to tell if it was another bearing but he said with my luck it doesn't sound good. So i guess i'm just going to have to drive it and see what happens. I just hope it doesn't let go as soon as the warranty is up from the last rebuild (april). I know there's no answer but technically if i bearing has some issues already will it more than likely spin and fail pretty quickly?
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Bearings will fail fast, a rod knock could last a while though.

If you get documentation stating that a noise started now, likely it would be covered even if the failure came after April.


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