Miata Mailing List: September 1994, Message #80
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   From: Jeff Webber 
Subject: Horrible Expensive Noise
   Date: Tue, 6 Sep 1994 11:19:10 -0400


Everything was fine with my 90 Miata until this morning.  When I went
to start it up it started fine but there was a horrible LOUD clacking
noise.  I turned it off, checked the oil and tried again.

The noise appeared to quiet a bit but was still far too loud for
me to consider driving it today.  The car ran fine yesterday when
I backed it out of the garage, washed it and put it back in.

Note: I've heard ticking from the lifters sometimes in the morning
and this is not what I'm hearing.   This is loud!   If I let it
idle (which it does just fine) it appears to be running fine (no
misses).

Any Ideas?  Am I going to have to sell my 65 Mustang Convertible to
repair the engine?  Should I take it to a dealer as the car has
only 37,000 miles on it in the hopes of some secret warranty?
Or should I take it to the guy I trust?

jeff