Normally I'd say manifold gaskets, does it sound like an old VW? If it's more mechanical and definitely metal-on-metal then the sudden revs probably starved the cams of oil and you've eaten a lobe off the camshaft Martin Bernie wrote: >All, > >I just put a new alternator on one of my D's today and took it out for >a test drive. The throttle got stuck wide open with ni load for a few >seconds, don't know what it got caught on, carpet or otherwise, I >tapped it with my foot and it dropped back to idle. Now there is a >very LOUD, ticking noise coming from the drivers side of the engine. >Does anyone have any ideas where I should start looking. Or should I >just start looking for a new engine. Though it still runs, and starts >no problem, just that noise. > >Thanks, > >Bernie > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/