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pandorablue) wrote2009-03-06 05:34 pm
pandorablue) wrote2009-03-06 05:34 pm
So...
The little thunk-thunk noise that the car started to make after I got it back was a little annoying. I spent the last few days thinking that it was my back brakes which desperately needed to be replaced. We were doing that today, so no biggie. thunk-thunk...
Motor mounts were shot. This means that the innocuous thunk-thunk was actually the sound of my engine shifting every time I accelerated. It was still attached to the rest of the car by the transmission, but that opens up a whole other group of problems that could have gone wrong had I not gotten it looked at sooner rather than later. thunk-thunk...
Now the nice THUNK-THUNK that started after I got the car back from brakes, and motor mounts, and general maintenance, the THUNK-THUNK that felt as if a major part of the car was going to fall off, y'know what that was?
Three loose bolts on the struts. A little tightening, and all was well.
I think it is hilarious that three loose bolts makes a hell of a lot more noise than the sound of MY ENGINE IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE CAR!!!!!
Motor mounts were shot. This means that the innocuous thunk-thunk was actually the sound of my engine shifting every time I accelerated. It was still attached to the rest of the car by the transmission, but that opens up a whole other group of problems that could have gone wrong had I not gotten it looked at sooner rather than later. thunk-thunk...
Now the nice THUNK-THUNK that started after I got the car back from brakes, and motor mounts, and general maintenance, the THUNK-THUNK that felt as if a major part of the car was going to fall off, y'know what that was?
Three loose bolts on the struts. A little tightening, and all was well.
I think it is hilarious that three loose bolts makes a hell of a lot more noise than the sound of MY ENGINE IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE CAR!!!!!