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Hey guys,

Little bit worried now, I went outside to find my car had rolled backwards about 2m down my driveway - in 1st gear, no handbrake, so I moved it back up but now there is a ticking noise that is consistant with revs... drives and idles ok, but there is that ticking noise... what have I done :)

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Im usually so careful. I have had such a bad week at work, mabey I could have.

Oh god please dont say I might have spun a big end, it did that 6 months ago when my friend drove it. I cant afford to fix that again...

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Oh, ok. Thanks for that, It was running great b4 tho, I wonder what it could be...

Oh smeg, I just had a whinge about karma in the wasteland... I dont think my run of bad luck is going to end any time soon...

Here's a general tip for life, Dont flip the bird at karma, this is not a test you should fail.

Smeg

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yeah that's the show.

it's hilarious, if your into white trash hicks. i guess i am. lol.

cheer up buddy. shit sometimes goes wrong. dont let it get you down. you're only compounding the problem by being miserable about it.

shrug it off. that's what i try to do, usually after alot of swearing. lol

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Thanks guys, you know what it turned out to be?... NOthing :action-smiley-069: I let it idle for a little while and the noise went away. Hmm, most days Im a cool frood, but some days (like friday) I cant handle anything...

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I had a weird screeching sound on startup that started suddenly one particular day. It stuck around for almost every start for almost three months and then last week it just stopped...? Weird.

She still runs so I'm stuffed to work out what the strange sound was...

and Dave you say you don't watch much TV but cry smeg when something goes wrong... good to see you have taste with what you do watch! :)

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I had a weird screeching sound on startup that started suddenly one particular day. It stuck around for almost every start for almost three months and then last week it just stopped...? Weird.

She still runs so I'm stuffed to work out what the strange sound was...

and Dave you say you don't watch much TV but cry smeg when something goes wrong... good to see you have taste with what you do watch! :)

Does it do it really bad when its cold, but less when its warm?

Mines doing that, mechanic told me its clutch dust on the shaft of the starter motor, making it stick...

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Actually, yeah it does do it more when cold. Very rarely it actually started (when warm) without any noise. The whining trailed off at about the same time I'd expect the starter to wind down too...!

Sounds credible to me, and very good to know, cheers! :(

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