# Clicking Noise in Engine

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-noise-in-engine/21099>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [October 23, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-noise-in-engine/21099 "2008-10-23T02:09:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sharonb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@sharonb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sharonb)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-noise-in-engine/21099/1 "2008-10-23T02:09:08Z")

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I am a new Corvette owner. I had the serpentine belt replaced this week and the car came back with a clicking noise in the engine. The mechanic says it may be a rod. Could this work have caused it? It was not making the noise when I took it in. Any suggestons as to what else this could be? I’d appreciate any help. I am clueless when it come to auto mechanics. Anyone know a good Corvette mecahnis for the LT4 engine in Alabama? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-noise-in-engine/21099/2 "2008-10-23T02:10:58Z")

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Replacing a serpentine belt could NOT cause a engine rod to go bad. They are totally unrelated. Find another mechanic. Without hearing the noise it’s almost impossible to determine what the cause is.

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**Author:** ![sharonb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@sharonb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sharonb)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-noise-in-engine/21099/3 "2008-10-23T02:14:09Z")

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The noise sounds like a click…like metal touching. It gets louder as the engine revs and I accelerate. It is not present when the car idles.  
Thanks for your reply. Any help I can get is appreciated.

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**Author:** ![velocityboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/velocityboy/32/541_2.png) [@velocityboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/velocityboy)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 7:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-noise-in-engine/21099/4 "2008-10-23T07:43:00Z")

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Serpentine Belt Tensioner (bad bearings perhaps?) would be my guess- Considering the work just done to the car.