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Originally Posted by derf
No, I mean that when I started it up there was a small clacking sound that got worse after 5 minutes. The clacking turned into a steady stream of metallic clanking sounds. The only way that I can really describe the sound is that it was like a thousand really tiny garden gnomes wearing steel condoms where anally raping the engine to the tune of old mcdonald. I wound up bringing the car back because I really thought that it would leave me on the side of the road. The car had less than 10k on it.
The hollow wurring suspension noise is normal for FWD GM.
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Sounds like the EVAP cannister purge solenoid. You will hear it when the engine is started because the commanded duty cycle is high. I'm guessing it's mounted close to the firewall.