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Old Nov 30, 2007 | 09:26 AM
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Engine tick after cold start

Guys one of our brothers from the states (Des Moines, Ia) posted this question.

"ok guys i know its really not a lifter and all... just tryin to get some attention ... but when ever its cold and i start the 8 thats exactly what it sounds like... sounds like a lifter is ticking on a non rotary vehicle... it eventually goes away when the vehicle warms up .. like 5 or 10 min ... is this normal ? this is my first cold weather wiht the 8 so pardon my ignorance"

link: https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...08#post2163708

Anyone here in Canada experience such things?

I have not, but my 8 doesn't see too many winter days and is stored in a heated garage.
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Old Nov 30, 2007 | 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by wcs
Guys one of our brothers from the states (Des Moines, Ia) posted this question.

"ok guys i know its really not a lifter and all... just tryin to get some attention ... but when ever its cold and i start the 8 thats exactly what it sounds like... sounds like a lifter is ticking on a non rotary vehicle... it eventually goes away when the vehicle warms up .. like 5 or 10 min ... is this normal ? this is my first cold weather wiht the 8 so pardon my ignorance"

link: https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...08#post2163708

Anyone here in Canada experience such things?

I have not, but my 8 doesn't see too many winter days and is stored in a heated garage.
My 8 is a daily car. It's seeing winter as we speak. Yesterday at rush hour, massive traffic jam from Jane all the way to Bayview on HWY 7. Along the way, 3 car accidents, the roads were black ice all over. I was moving between 0 - 7km/h no more, all the way across.

Guess what, one of the accidents, involved a COROLLA LOL go figure... (back to my earlier rant on Corolla drivers).

It's an '07 model, I have the MS CAI, and it doesn't make that tinkling sound the way it was described. When cold, it makes a very light tinkling sound as if there was something pinging off the cold metal on the intake, but it's nothing serious at all.
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Old Nov 30, 2007 | 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Footman
My 8 is a daily car. It's seeing winter as we speak. Yesterday at rush hour, massive traffic jam from Jane all the way to Bayview on HWY 7. Along the way, 3 car accidents, the roads were black ice all over. I was moving between 0 - 7km/h no more, all the way across.

Guess what, one of the accidents, involved a COROLLA LOL go figure... (back to my earlier rant on Corolla drivers).

It's an '07 model, I have the MS CAI, and it doesn't make that tinkling sound the way it was described. When cold, it makes a very light tinkling sound as if there was something pinging off the cold metal on the intake, but it's nothing serious at all.
It's normal, I believe it might be the metal expanding, or the cat doing it's thing...
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Old Nov 30, 2007 | 06:41 PM
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Here is the answer

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Old Nov 30, 2007 | 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by DarkBrew
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Old Nov 30, 2007 | 08:23 PM
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Dude that's brilliant
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Old Dec 1, 2007 | 12:35 AM
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Darkbrew finds the strangest things! lol
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Old Dec 1, 2007 | 12:48 AM
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Old Dec 1, 2007 | 10:40 PM
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Old Dec 4, 2007 | 11:31 AM
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LOL Darkbrew. Good stuff.

Mine ticks when I've fired it up the last few days at work. Did the surging revs for a few days (-17 and colder) for a few min, tick for a few min, and then stabilize like normal (or normal for me anyway..)
Mine's a daily driver too, while she sleeps in a garage at night, she is subject to a cold hard start at work and can make some interesting noises. Not surprising. Its cold out there..!
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