Did a quick search and yielded two pages of no answers. Recently noticed at idle either in park or in neutral I hear ticking sound from the bottom of the car.when I put it in gear the ticking stops.my guts is the flex plate cracked? I know I would know for certain if I look under the car and inspect it myself but don't have the time currently to do so.
Symptoms of broken flex plate?
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Sounds like thats what you got. There also have been instances of where the bolts backed out on these cars, Might want to see about thats aswell
Sounds like thats what you got. There also have been instances of where the bolts backed out on these cars, Might want to see about thats aswell
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heres what the ticking sound is like:
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if by the bolts you meant the torque converter to flywheel(3 of them), i checked each one and they're tight. trannyman used locktite on them fwiw. now if you meant the bolts connecting the flywheel to the motor, then no and i imagine that'll be hard to see from under the car without disconnecting the TC from the flywheel. i peeked under the car and i could not see or make out any cracks on the areas where they tend to crack. perhaps its more upward near the 6-8 bolts where it connects to the motor.
i was planning on doing that but i spent nearly half an hour closely inspecting the 3 spokes that tend to crack and actually found a feint hairline crack that is close to the center bolts that mate to the motor. so, looks like i'll need another flexplate and once i do, get a shop to do the swap
upside is im planning on getting a meziere billet flexplate:th_thumbsup-wink:
upside is im planning on getting a meziere billet flexplate:th_thumbsup-wink: