Got a 96 maxie and after i shut down the engine i start to hear ticking sounds under my hood.... is it just my car or does other people's maxies do it too?

 

That noises are caused by the exhaust system, when the engine shuts down the exhaust system cools down and it contracts causing the noises...its completely normal...

 

it still is annoying... anyway to stop the noise? should i get a new radiator? or another cooler?

 

"make it stopppp!" lol

no, there's no way to prevent it. just put up with it.

 

dude, lol... this noise is very normal.... I had it on my max (note: had because my max is no more ) I work doing vallet parking and after I shut down cars, most Japanese cars do that... Some POSs or serious luxury cars don't....

 

dont all cars do that

 

uh, yea!!!! Jung is this your first car, mostly every car does this. Where have you been?

 

The aluminum engine cooling down also has something to do with the ticking.

 

n/m

 

my car doesnt do it too often, i think only when the engines cold and its run hard.. but i think ive only heard it do that about 10 times the whole time ive had it

 

Very simple answer if you were paying attention in physics class. When metal's get hot, the mettalic structure is slightly altered and it"increases" its size ie expands.

When cooling the metal "regains" its previous mettalic structure and it is during this cooling phase that you hear the tick tick tick noise. FYI all car's do this unless they are made of clay lol.

 

isn't that a rotery engine, and that happens to most cars, and it is normal

 

This is my first car and i had it for over a year and it just seemed a little odd that i haven't noticed it before... thats all... If their is something wrong with maxie i want to hurry up and fix it...

 

The maxima along with other cars with relatively low displacement tend to run hotter than typical american type cars (chevy 350, ford five liter, etc.). This makes the previously mentioned expansion and contraction more pronounced. If all the joints were flexible this would help reduce the noise. It would also mean more money for R&D, parts & labor.

-Zack

 

I think you get the point, but in case you didn't - ITS PERFECTLY NORMAL AND YOU CAN'T STOP IT . Just trying to help.

 

That ticking let's me know she is ready for more.

Yeah, when aluminum cools it contracts. During the contraction process, the metal is doing one of many things. Most noticable is ticking. I do notice when I don't go out and take it over 50 or so, it doesn't tick. But like tonight I just got in, it was myself and I-85, she was tickin away.

Don't worry about.

K

 

maybe its your altezzas=(

 

This is a joke, RIGHT?

 

Hey Justmax, your interior is incredible. That's very slick -- where did you get your dash kit and shifter ****?

 

The way that I got rid of the ticking in my car is that I bought a Cattman Y-pipe and then had it wrapped with exhaust wrap to quite it down and it also muffled the ticking. You can't hear it unless you are actually under the car.

 

I walk away most of the time.