Car making a "clickety clickety" sound

whattaguy · #1 (**permalink**) 08-31-2010, 07:09 PM

The sound is more pronounced in between shifting when i put in the clutch and the engine freely spins. The sound is almost like a card in the spokes of a bicycle.

One guy (CarX) says that it's my tranny, and says I should go see the guy who changed my clutch, master cylinder, and welded the clutch bracket w/out changing the slave cylinder or resurfacing the plates.

So, I went to the other guy, and he said that it was not my clutch, but said it was my cat converter, but that he would have to charge me 4 hours of labor to open the engine up to see what was really going on. He said it was my exhaust rattling.

I walked out. I'm thinking of just going to the dealer to find out what's up. Any clues or guesses on what's going on?

Thank

Btw, I drive a 2005 V6 Altima

whattaguy · #2 (**permalink**) 09-04-2010, 10:02 PM

So...I took it to the dealer, and they found out that I had absolutely no oil left. It was completely dry. I have about 90k miles on it. The engine showed absolutely no signs of damage in the past. I cannot see how my car can be eating that much oil. It's been about 5000 miles since my last oil change (I switched to Mobil 1 synthetic about 30k miles ago), and not once has my engine burned oil like that in the past. I suspect that the last place that changed my oil "forgot" to put oil back in after they drained it. However, I have nothing to "prove" their guilt at the moment.

I guess using synthetics saved my car, since it bonded to my engine parts and lasted that long. Thankfully everything's ok now.

dna404 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-05-2010, 02:16 PM

VQs are notorious for using oil but that's pretty excessive. Change it and keep a close eye on it. You may be getting pretty good leaks around the injectors (common VQ issue) and that may be aiding to the loss. I doubt the oil change place left oil out or you would have never gotten 5K out of it.

whattaguy · #4 (**permalink**) 09-06-2010, 02:43 AM

Ok. Thanks. The dealer's going to have me come in after 1000 miles to check to see if oil's leaking.

024mula · #5 (**permalink**) 09-22-2010, 05:09 PM

my SE-R is having the same issue, but I think my might be a CV or Universal joint whatever they call it on these front wheel drive cars. it only does it in 1st and maybe 2nd gear barely moving..... and slightly turning...
I have oil in my car.......I hope......need to check it I guess.....