I've just got my oil changed and front brakes replaced yesterday afternoon.
Car ran great the rest of the day. this morning on my way to work i heard a ticking noise upon acceleration. I first thought it was the POS altima next to me but i heard it while pulling into the parking garage. I only hear it when im on the gas. Any ideas of what it can be? there are no lights on by the way.

 

that happens to me sometimes, but its intermittent and will go away after re-applying pressure to the gas or switch gears

 

think its anything of concern?

 

I had a ticking/hissing noise that was an exhaust leak on my previous car and it only made noise when you gas it cause of the exhaust pressure. Regardless of the rpm... all has to do with throttle.

If it's what i think it is it's a tiny exhaust leak. get er up on the hoist and check it out?

u said u had service done, so MAYBE amongst the labor or w/e something happened to cause it. Or it's just FLUKE timing. which ironically does happen.

but give that idea a whirl.. u never know

 

thanks for the info. i'll take it back to the shop and have them take a peek.

 

hope that's ur fix!! lemme know how she goes...

I'm assuming a bad flex pipe may do the same thing (but I have no idea how they wear or how to diagnose that one)

 

I'll most def let u guys know whats up. I'm gonna swing by there when i get off of work today.

 

so peep the update...

been getting the run around from my personal mechanic so i still haven't had her looked at. i was reluctant to drive her to work this morning but had no choice. on my way to work i noticed that my ac console was out. none of the buttons light up nor work!!! WTF is going on? and the ticking noise seems to be getting a little louder...or it's the paranoia setting in. any ideas as to why this now has occured?? Any thoughts would be appreciated...

 

I Can't explain the AC, but i just recently had a ticking problem. I had my valves reseated and the ticking stopped.

 

might be time to adjust your valves

 

thanks fellas! for the temp controls i just hit it and its working. i'll jump on the valves asap. this site rocks BTW!

 

same issue here, how much is the valve adjustment on average?

 

Cost me $200 labor and $100 for gaskets. But the labor was through a guy i know so i don't know what Acura will charge.