Q: 1986 4wd s10 blazer when driving loud popping or clicking or knocking noise coming from front of blazer on the left side noise is
I seem to think we have a couple issues when cranked and idling it idles high then after lil time slows down when driving straight down the road a loud noise seems to come from front drivers side and we just had harmonic balancer replaced but other issues were already there please tell me most likely problems for each thx
My car has an automatic transmission.
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