Hey guys,
Well I went out this morning to leave for my 8 am class and I hop in my car and back out of my spot to leave. As soon as I pull into the road the check engine light pops on (well at least that's when I noticed it) and I hear this ticking noise coming from the back of the vehicle. I turn off the radio and listen harder and it sounds A LOT like when you put a playing card in between the spokes of a bicycle. I pull off the road to check around the car and look underneath and nothing looks amiss, I also couldn't hear the ticking outside the car, but that was probably due to the exhaust's loudness. Also the engine was idling about 200rpm faster than normal and lobbing a little bit at the same time. But teh engine sounded great, as did the exhaust, so that's why i'm thinking something in the fuel system...
I return to my apt. complex (the car was only driven a total of maybe 1/8 of a mile) and park it and cut it off. I put it back in the pre-ignition stage because since it was coming from the rear I thought "fuel pump"...and in the pre ignition stage the pump comes on for a second to deliver fuel and then cuts off. Well it came on, but never cut off, so I cut the car off again and proceeded to walk to class.
So I'm thinking fuel pump... does anyone else have any ideas what it might be, or does this sound right? Basically what do you think it is and how much am I looking at to get it fixed
Well I went out this morning to leave for my 8 am class and I hop in my car and back out of my spot to leave. As soon as I pull into the road the check engine light pops on (well at least that's when I noticed it) and I hear this ticking noise coming from the back of the vehicle. I turn off the radio and listen harder and it sounds A LOT like when you put a playing card in between the spokes of a bicycle. I pull off the road to check around the car and look underneath and nothing looks amiss, I also couldn't hear the ticking outside the car, but that was probably due to the exhaust's loudness. Also the engine was idling about 200rpm faster than normal and lobbing a little bit at the same time. But teh engine sounded great, as did the exhaust, so that's why i'm thinking something in the fuel system...
I return to my apt. complex (the car was only driven a total of maybe 1/8 of a mile) and park it and cut it off. I put it back in the pre-ignition stage because since it was coming from the rear I thought "fuel pump"...and in the pre ignition stage the pump comes on for a second to deliver fuel and then cuts off. Well it came on, but never cut off, so I cut the car off again and proceeded to walk to class.
So I'm thinking fuel pump... does anyone else have any ideas what it might be, or does this sound right? Basically what do you think it is and how much am I looking at to get it fixed