I've seen this hear before, its called the purge valve or something? Can I get the exact name, the last dealership wouldnt do anything, im going to try the one in gainesville, does this effect gas mileage at all? since the ticking for about a year now my mileage has gone 2-3mpg lower than usual
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purge valve solenoid I think...My dad's '00 TL had it replaced under warranty a few years ago.
know anything about gas mileage, and is there usually supposed to be a constant clicking?
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yea mine does that too...its in a little black box...you can touch it and feel the clickyness is it bad?
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That's just the rice cooker under the hood doing it's thing. Yeah it's annoying, seems to get activated when at idle.
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That is strange! I just noticed that noise about an hour ago. I'm glad theres nothing wrong. 

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first noticed it when I bought my car. Took it in and they said it's normal. Never had any probs since, so I let it be.
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I had Palm Beach Acura replace mine. But now I guess they did something, or the new one failed cause I have a check engine light & a code.(came on about 1 week after) It has to do with that thing I looked the code up. I did notice an increase in milage after it was replaced.