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Hi gang,
Long time lurker, long time Suzuki fan. I have had two built Sammy's, and last spring I bought an SX4, put the RRO kit on it, and have been mostly enjoying it. I'm not a super-mechanic, but I'm not a complete car noob either. I've got a tricky one that I'm hoping you guys might have some input on. My car is a 2008 AWD hatchback, auto trans.
A couple weeks ago I came out to the garage, started the zook, and immediately noticed a "ticking" noise. It doesn't sound like some of the noises I've heard on the youtube videos of a spun bearing. A (very strong mechanic) friend and I took the belt off to see if it was a pully, but the ticking persists. It's quieter in neutral and park, and becomes noticeably louder when in drive or reverse. The ticking does go up with rpms as far as frequency, but the noise level stays consistent.
Right now my friend is leaning towards a problem in the torque converter. We pulled the little plug off the case that you can get to through the top of the engine bay and the noise seems to emanate louder from there when we do so. I started researching replacement torque converters, and it flat out looks like they cannot be purchased without buying an entire transmission. I don't have the funds to pay a grand plus for a re-man or have mine rebuilt, so I was looking at used ones which can be found for $425 (shipped) on ebay, but of course it's a shot in the dark what I end up with. I've got a baby due in 3 weeks and I'm not exactly swimming in funds.
Any thoughts or ideas? Anyone know where just a torque converter can be purchased? Just one of those would be significantly less expensive to ship than an entire tranny.
Would love any advice or feedback.
Thanks.
P.S. Another friend of mine mentioned it could be the starter not properly disengaging, but we don't think that is the issue as we can't sense any noise or vibration when we touch the starter.
Long time lurker, long time Suzuki fan. I have had two built Sammy's, and last spring I bought an SX4, put the RRO kit on it, and have been mostly enjoying it. I'm not a super-mechanic, but I'm not a complete car noob either. I've got a tricky one that I'm hoping you guys might have some input on. My car is a 2008 AWD hatchback, auto trans.
A couple weeks ago I came out to the garage, started the zook, and immediately noticed a "ticking" noise. It doesn't sound like some of the noises I've heard on the youtube videos of a spun bearing. A (very strong mechanic) friend and I took the belt off to see if it was a pully, but the ticking persists. It's quieter in neutral and park, and becomes noticeably louder when in drive or reverse. The ticking does go up with rpms as far as frequency, but the noise level stays consistent.
Right now my friend is leaning towards a problem in the torque converter. We pulled the little plug off the case that you can get to through the top of the engine bay and the noise seems to emanate louder from there when we do so. I started researching replacement torque converters, and it flat out looks like they cannot be purchased without buying an entire transmission. I don't have the funds to pay a grand plus for a re-man or have mine rebuilt, so I was looking at used ones which can be found for $425 (shipped) on ebay, but of course it's a shot in the dark what I end up with. I've got a baby due in 3 weeks and I'm not exactly swimming in funds.
Any thoughts or ideas? Anyone know where just a torque converter can be purchased? Just one of those would be significantly less expensive to ship than an entire tranny.
Would love any advice or feedback.
Thanks.
P.S. Another friend of mine mentioned it could be the starter not properly disengaging, but we don't think that is the issue as we can't sense any noise or vibration when we touch the starter.