My ea81 engine in my '83 BRAT has been making fairly loud and sporadic clicking noises. I know it's not the CV joints or anything because it makes the noises when the car isn't moving at all as well as when it is moving. The clicking is regular sometimes but very sporadic other times. This seems to have come up recently with the very cold winter, so I thought it was the cold doing it, but it has done it when the engine is warmed up and at varying outside temperatures.
The clicking is accompanied by a loss of power or a sluggishness and a sort of jerking when I rev the engine too suddenly or when I drive under 2000 RPMs. Also, my car usually idles at 1000 RPMs or so, but when it has the clicking it idles at a little under 2000 RPMs. It also doesn't happen every time I turn the car on. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't. It almost seems to start to happen in the middle of a drive if I try to accelerate in too high of a gear and the RPMs drop below 2000.
Additionally, the onset of this problem has recently led to what seem to be electrical problems. Today I couldn't run the headlights and the defrost at the same time or the engine would noticeably slow down. The defrost fan wasn't even moving air so I had to turn everything electrical off for a while until I got enough charge. The clicking increases in frequency pretty much proportional to how many electrical things I have turned on (headlights, defrost or heat)
Could it be battery? Spark Plugs? Please help with any comments.
My ea81 engine in my '83 BRAT has been making fairly loud and sporadic clicking noises. I know it's not the CV joints or anything because it makes the noises when the car isn't moving at all as well as when it is moving. The clicking is regular sometimes but very sporadic other times. This seems to have come up recently with the very cold winter, so I thought it was the cold doing it, but it has done it when the engine is warmed up and at varying outside temperatures. The clicking is accompanied by a loss of power or a sluggishness and a sort of jerking when I rev the engine too suddenly or when I drive under 2000 RPMs. Also, my car usually idles at 1000 RPMs or so, but when it has the clicking it idles at a little under 2000 RPMs. It also doesn't happen every time I turn the car on. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't. It almost seems to start to happen in the middle of a drive if I try to accelerate in too high of a gear and the RPMs drop below 2000. Additionally, the onset of this problem has recently led to what seem to be electrical problems. Today I couldn't run the headlights and the defrost at the same time or the engine would noticeably slow down. The defrost fan wasn't even moving air so I had to turn everything electrical off for a while until I got enough charge. The clicking increases in frequency pretty much proportional to how many electrical things I have turned on (headlights, defrost or heat) Could it be battery? Spark Plugs? Please help with any comments.