QuestionToday, when I got in the car, I heard a ticking in the right front. I was only able to hear it while in the car, not under the hood. It didn't seem to change whether the car was moving or still. It was at an evenly spaced interval, slower than the turn signal. I was low on gas about 1/4 and this is the lowest that I have ever had it. It lasted for about 40 miles and was consistant. I turned the car off for about 45 min and when I got back in, it was still there. When I filled the tank with gas, it was gone. Is this some wierd form of hey stupid you are about out of gas alarm or what. Have you ever heard of this? Thanks for you help. I didn't buy it new, but it only has like 88,000 on it just barely broke in as my dad would say.
Also to let you know, my back axle was making a I call it a leaf spring dry noise, and so I took it to the dealer, and they cut out the inner bar of the axle, and it quit and runs just fine, they said they found out that the inner bar was not needed so no need to replace the axle as thought in the past. The weld had broken so they just took it out.
LOVE My little read convertible.
Thanks
Margie
AnswerHi Margie,
My theory of the clicking noise is that you were hearing the fuel pump located inside the gas tank (submerged in fuel, except when the tank gets near empty). When the fuel level dropped so as to uncover the pump it would be more audible to you. That must be a very quiet-running car!
On the axle tube, I know of the weld problems with them, as I had mine spot welded also to reduce (but not eliminate) the creeking. But I have not heard of removing the tube. I would ask at the dealership to see a Chrysler Service Bulletin that acknowledges that removing the torque tube is permissible. I don't want to alarm you, but anything as structural as that tube may be important under some sort of extreme situation. If they can't produce a bulletin, I would check with the Chrysler Corp. to see if one was issued, or if that fails ask the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about such a "fix". A whole new rear axle assembly costs $1,000 or so, and so far I have just opted to reweld mine. Let me know if you find such a bulletin so I can share the info with other owners.
I have an '89 LeBaron Coupe. By the way, there are a couple of Yahoo auto groups of LeBaron owners:
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/thechryslerlebaronclub/
and the same only with "/chryslerlebaron/" in the url. So have a look.
Roland
