# Ford Falcon 1995 acting up after being parked for a few days

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-falcon-1995-acting-up-after-being-parked-for-a-few-days/44958>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford\
**Created:** [February 22, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-falcon-1995-acting-up-after-being-parked-for-a-few-days/44958 "2010-02-22T23:55:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![viperrraus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c37758/32.png) [@viperrraus](https://community.cartalk.com/u/viperrraus)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-falcon-1995-acting-up-after-being-parked-for-a-few-days/44958/1 "2010-02-22T23:55:09Z")

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Hello, I have a Ford Falcon GLi 1995 that runs on LPG and I’m having a little bit of a problem with it. I left it parked for fourd days while I was away and yesterday when I tried to turn it on the engine just took a couple of minutes to go (the electric part is working but the engine doesn’t seem to start revving). After a lot of tries the car started but I heard a very loud noise coming from the engine (like the sound you would hear if you hit a piece of metal with a hammer) and it is working but it’s behaving strangelly: there’s this loud on the engine and the car sounds like it is working pretty hard when it’s just on N.  
  
  
  
 Thanks.

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-falcon-1995-acting-up-after-being-parked-for-a-few-days/44958/2 "2010-02-23T00:04:35Z")

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If you continue to operate this engine with a very loud “hammering” noise coming from it, you will only exacerbate the problem and make any repair more expensive. This car needs to be towed to a competent mechanic a.s.a.p.  
Do not start the engine.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-falcon-1995-acting-up-after-being-parked-for-a-few-days/44958/3 "2010-02-23T00:08:06Z")

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I second VDCdriver’s suggestion. The noise you are hearing is not good, and the longer you listen to it the more damage will be done. Have the car towed to a mechanic.

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**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-falcon-1995-acting-up-after-being-parked-for-a-few-days/44958/4 "2010-02-23T00:21:47Z")

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This is a mostly a North American based forum. Since our last Falcon was made in 1970 you would probably be better off posting on an Australian Ford Falcon forum.