Ok so I was driving the buick the other day, was running good until it died... the alternator bolts loosened on me to the point where the belt wasnt spinning the alt. anymore. luckily it was a cool day so i wasnt overheating. had my friend come out and give me a jump after i fixed the belt, when it fired I reved it so it wouldnt stumble and die again and thats when the ticking started.
here's the symptoms: idle is worse now, almost like a vacuum leak but its still pulling the same amount of vacuum as before. the ticking noise (obviously) its hard to tell where its coming from but its definately close to the block and its more noticable from underneath the car, when i was limping it home i noticed while holding the RPMs steady the ticking would occasionally speed up and then slow back down, also once I got above about 3k it would disapear. and finally when I hit the starter now it kind of rocks forward like its not in park all the way.
car specs are in my sig.
I'm already planning on checking the convertor bolts and pulling valve covers to see if the rockers are all working correctly. any other suggestions on what I should be checking though?
here's the symptoms: idle is worse now, almost like a vacuum leak but its still pulling the same amount of vacuum as before. the ticking noise (obviously) its hard to tell where its coming from but its definately close to the block and its more noticable from underneath the car, when i was limping it home i noticed while holding the RPMs steady the ticking would occasionally speed up and then slow back down, also once I got above about 3k it would disapear. and finally when I hit the starter now it kind of rocks forward like its not in park all the way.
car specs are in my sig.
I'm already planning on checking the convertor bolts and pulling valve covers to see if the rockers are all working correctly. any other suggestions on what I should be checking though?