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      02-03-2007, 07:09 AM   #192
John 070
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I must say that each concern I come across on this forum applies to me! I hear that tick, shudder when shutting off, but I dunno, I'm not sure what is not spec and what is hearing things go bump in the night.

My feeling is how does the dealer know that something is out of spec, and is the factory really that bad? I hate the idea of something coming brand new from the factory, and then having to open it up when it was designed to be left intact for its lifetime. I had a similar tick on my Nissan at 300 mi., and now the car is at 140k. Point being I don't think anything is wrong with it, it may be vacuum, MAF, injector, something, but it doesn't seem to be related to internal moving parts.

So yes, we all seem to hear this noise, but is opening the motor up and replacing things the solution? I'm not sure, just asking....my .02
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