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why does my quadrajet make a ticking noise

Old Apr 21, 2006 | 09:21 PM
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why does my quadrajet make a ticking noise

Does someone now the answer to this?????????
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 09:46 PM
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Is your carb electronic.Is the ing ON,but the eng OFF when this happens.What you hear may just be the M/C soleniod.When exactly does it do this?
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 10:05 PM
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Its make the ticking noise when the key is in the on position..............
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 10:13 PM
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Wow this question gets asked like once a week here. That is the sound the mixture control solenoid makes. It is NORMAL.
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 10:14 PM
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When it doesn't make a ticking noise, let us know and we'll help you fix it.

Your mixture control solenoid cycels 10-50 times a second. This is a good thing.
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Chevyman84
Its make the ticking noise when the key is in the on position..............
As stated above its suppose to do this.If you leave the Ing on.After about 1 minut or so it stops.This is normal though.
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 11:09 PM
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Ok Thanks alot........... i was just wondering thanks.......
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