Q: Ticking
My hose to my transmission cooler started leaking because my bumper was rubbing against it and my truck has bad motor mounts so when it started to leak my engine didn't jump as s bad anymore so I fixed the leak and I start my engine and I push the gas and I can hear my engine ticking
My car has 250000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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