1998 high-mileage civic has startup noise

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Just a guy - 04 May 2007 23:18 GMT

I have a great, tough, 1998 Civic LX that has over $250K miles. Just
this week it has started making an awful racket on start-up, that goes
away once the engine has been running for a couple of minutes. I have
noticed that it is using up oil more quickly, and that it has less
power than it had 100K miles ago (go figure, right?).

Any ideas?

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motsco_ - 05 May 2007 02:29 GMT

> I have a great, tough, 1998 Civic LX that has over $250K miles. Just
> this week it has started making an awful racket on start-up, that goes
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> Any ideas?

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Its loud enough that you hear it while you're driving away from your
house? Have you ever changed your PCV, and how full is your oil on the
dipstick?

'Curly'

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jim beam - 05 May 2007 03:03 GMT

>> I have a great, tough, 1998 Civic LX that has over $250K miles. Just
>> this week it has started making an awful racket on start-up, that goes
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> 'Curly'

this shouldn't wait until psychic wednesday?

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