# Tickin time bomb **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [December 2, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tickin-time-bomb/22858 "2008-12-02T22:13:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![maverick76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@maverick76](https://community.cartalk.com/u/maverick76)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tickin-time-bomb/22858/1 "2008-12-02T22:13:07Z")
Had diagnostic after diagnostic and still can’t find out what wrong with it. My car has a ticking sound while driving. It’s slow to excellerate. I’ve had the timing chain replaced. Cost me a grand six of wich was labor. $381 was for the kit. And now it’s hard to heat up. It sounds like when a blow drier blows a coil cause it’s breakin down. Right now I don’t go over 50 mph and I haven’t been on the interstate in forever! What could it possibly be? ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tickin-time-bomb/22858/2 "2008-12-02T22:24:59Z")
The possibilities are almost endless, but few members of this board will venture a guess until you reveal the following information: Vehicle make, model, and model year Engine type and displacement Odometer mileage Whether the vehicle has been maintained in accordance with the manufacturer’s maintenance schedule. Also–was it a timing CHAIN that was replaced, or was it a timing belt? Please clarify “it’s hard to heat up”. For those of us who don’t know what a bad blow dryer sounds like, can you describe the noise in a different way? And, under what conditions does it make this mysterious noise? ---
**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tickin-time-bomb/22858/3 "2008-12-02T23:54:25Z")
Give some info like engine vacuum (maybe plugged cat) and don’t imeditally link the “tick” with the power loss. ---
**Author:** ![mshugna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@mshugna](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mshugna)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tickin-time-bomb/22858/4 "2008-12-02T23:58:46Z")
no power suggests that timing chain/belt installed incorrectly and no heat suggests water pump should have been replaced… ---
**Author:** ![METOO2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b77776/32.png) [@METOO2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/METOO2)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tickin-time-bomb/22858/5 "2008-12-02T23:58:52Z")
WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON? lawn boy kubota unimog kenworth mack yugo please tell us we’re bored! Bandit jumpin ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tickin-time-bomb/22858/6 "2008-12-03T00:02:44Z")
Wow, Unimog! I Used To Drive One At A Small Airport. It Had A Big Snowblower On The Front. Awesome Mercedes Machine! ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tickin-time-bomb/22858/7 "2008-12-03T00:05:15Z")
Look At The OP’s Name, I’ll Bet It’s A 76 Maverick! ---
**Author:** ![METOO2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b77776/32.png) [@METOO2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/METOO2)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tickin-time-bomb/22858/8 "2008-12-03T00:08:40Z")
OH ! NO! RUN! LOL! BYE! ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tickin-time-bomb/22858/9 "2008-12-03T00:23:58Z")
No, actually the OP is John McCain, using both his nickname and his age as his screen name. ---
**Author:** ![METOO2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b77776/32.png) [@METOO2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/METOO2)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 12:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tickin-time-bomb/22858/10 "2008-12-03T00:42:57Z")
I thought maybe he loved the movie TOP GUN! funny Mcain joke though. (its logical) SMOKEY ! GONE!