Q: Ticking on cold starts. Lasts 1-5 minutes.

asked by on September 09, 2016

Ticking on cold starts. Lasts 1-5 minutes. Also will tick when gently accelerating. Issue started a few weeks ago. Don't think it could be a cam phaser because it was just replaced a few thousand miles ago. Thanks

My car has 111000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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