Ford Escort help...

[vr4gasm]

okay guys my other beater (2002 ford escort) a few weeks back started to make a ticking noise.. almost like an exhaust leak but its not when you pop the hood you can hear its coming from in the engine (injectors area) so i though its the injectors had a stock fuel filter on it (116K miles) so i figured trash got in there and wouldn't allot fuel to pass through correctly.. also it does not tick all the time! it was random at this point.. took the filter off all kinds of trash in there... still ticking but its doing it all the time now.. 2 bottles of lucas and a tank of 93 later stopped ticking.. a week passes startes ticking now usually not under cruise but when its under a load it ticks... WTF is going on!!! also not sure if its related but yesterday the car started to buck really hard and not want to run.. took the gas cap off.. no more bucking.. idles smooth.. and its not throwing a single code.. please help :(

[cam98aro]

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is it ticking, or making more of a rapping sound?

[vr4gasm]

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its a tick

[cam98aro]

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sorry to bring up an old thread, but what engine is it?

some of those engines have been known to drop valve seats

[vr4gasm]

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its the 2.0 it is a common problem in that motor but that wasn't the problem.. actually before i could ever track the problem it stopped doing it.. lol

[nitetime_pr]

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I have identified your problem VR4, it's a Ford...Good luck

[cam98aro]

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its the 2.0 it is a common problem in that motor but that wasn't the problem.. actually before i could ever track the problem it stopped doing it.. lol

haha, well thats good. i just picked one up myself and im trying to learn stuff about fords now.

i have a pretty nasty water leak in the passenger side when it rains, the water is coming in between the glovebox and the door panel, but i cant figure out where.

there is also a pretty bad shake in neutral around 1200rpms that completely goes away after, it just seems to be around that idle.

the headlights randomly dim and get brighter while driving, and when hitting the brakes

need to change the timing belt, and the previous owner told me the transmission slips and wont go into gear when cold, but i havent noticed any of those problems yet.

[T-Mill]

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That water leak could be the rubber grommet that the wiring goes through to get into the door... my brother-in-law's Mustang had the same problem with the driver's side, but he didn't catch it until he noticed the mildewy smell because the water ran down and puddled under the carpet in the padding.

[kdm212]

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nice to see even the occasional ford help around here. notice the key word.

"occasional!"

[cam98aro]

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That water leak could be the rubber grommet that the wiring goes through to get into the door... my brother-in-law's Mustang had the same problem with the driver's side, but he didn't catch it until he noticed the mildewy smell because the water ran down and puddled under the carpet in the padding.

thanks, when i was looking for the leak, i did find that, but when i was pouring water around the car i noticed that the leak is coming from higher up than that. i actually planned on trying to seal that grommet up, but i totally forgot.

i sealed some stuff up under the hood, and im praying it works, its gonna rain the next 5 or so days so if it still leaks im screwed

[Rob Bell]

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It could be that the windshield seal broke. That happened on a previous car I had. When I took the trim piece off there was rust where the water had come in. When the windshield was replaced that problem was solved.