What Did You Do To Your HHR Today?
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Joined: 06-30-2010
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From: Kannapolis NC
Nice fab job on the brace bassbase, let us know if you feel and difference in handling with it installed after the gussets are welded in. I hadn't heard any real complaints as far as torsional rigidity was concerned, but tying the strut towers together isn't a bad idea.
Last edited by 843de; Mar 25, 2011 at 10:14 AM.
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Joined: 04-06-2010
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From: Pottstown, PA
I made her an appointment for the dealership.... again.. 
Sunroof is wet on the fabric, my ambient temp gauge is not working right, my drives side wheel is squeaking horribly (not the brakes already checked), and then yesterday I did remote start and it started and then idle dropped drastically almost stalling, and when I walked up to the car there was a very loud ticking from the engine bay. Not sure if it is from being direct injection or not but never heard it before so kinda concerning to suddenly have it that loud.
Sunroof is wet on the fabric, my ambient temp gauge is not working right, my drives side wheel is squeaking horribly (not the brakes already checked), and then yesterday I did remote start and it started and then idle dropped drastically almost stalling, and when I walked up to the car there was a very loud ticking from the engine bay. Not sure if it is from being direct injection or not but never heard it before so kinda concerning to suddenly have it that loud.
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Joined: 10-04-2010
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From: Delaware
i'm not exactly sure, but i know it's normal. every Cobalt SS Turbo i've been around (before i got my HHR SS) has done it, wierded me out at first because i thought it was something serious like a valve tap or rod knock.... when i asked about it the first time i heard it my friend told me was the DI and i left it at that.
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Joined: 08-20-2006
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From: Hillsdale, Michigan
FYI on the DI: direct injection fuel system operate at very high fuel pressures. A direct injection fuel system produces a rapid clicking and ticking sound that can be heard from the engine compartment. The sound is more evident when outside around the vehicle or when the hood is open. The sound is more noticeable during idle and is more frequent during a cold start, but lessens once the engine is warm. The rapid ticking noise on cold start up is the fuel pump building up high fuel pressure. When the engine warm-up is completed, the high pressure fuel pump will continue to tick at a lower rate of approximately one tick per second during idle. The clicking sound is the fuel injectors pulsing on and off under higher fuel pressures. These sounds are the results of a normal direct injection fuel system operating properly.
As for Agent O. and I, we made it through the funeral yesterday only to have my poor cousin get called from the nursing home that his mom is in to say they life flighted her to Borgess Hospital. Needless to say, Agent O. and I transported my mom and two of her sisters up to Kalamazoo where we waited half the night.
As for Agent O. and I, we made it through the funeral yesterday only to have my poor cousin get called from the nursing home that his mom is in to say they life flighted her to Borgess Hospital. Needless to say, Agent O. and I transported my mom and two of her sisters up to Kalamazoo where we waited half the night.