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Normal startup?

jpawela

By jpawela,
in 90-95 WD21 Pathfinders

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jpawela NPORA Fulltime Resident

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Hi, I wanted to pick y'all's brains. Are pathfinders supposed to start like this when cold? My vid here just doesn't seem all that normal. I have had a tune-up recently as well as a new batt. You can also hear a sort of screech right when the engine catches. Is that the starter or just a simple belt issue?

 

Here's the vid, it sounds faint because I had to take it inside, but you can get the idea:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM8dQst1QRc

 

Also, do I have a lifter tick?

 

Thanks for any help...

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Hi, I wanted to pick y'all's brains. Are pathfinders supposed to start like this when cold? My vid here just doesn't seem all that normal. I have had a tune-up recently as well as a new batt. You can also hear a sort of screech right when the engine catches. Is that the starter or just a simple belt issue?

 

Here's the vid, it sounds faint because I had to take it inside, but you can get the idea:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM8dQst1QRc

 

Also, do I have a lifter tick?

 

Thanks for any help...

 

I didnt hear the little screach sound but that may just be one of the belts slipping just a tad when things start to spin, or just belt noise....mine does it too sometimes and I just put new alternator and ps belts on the other week....I think they have stretched just a bit so I need to tighten them up.

 

that valve tick that lasts for a second or two is pretty common with these engines, mine does it sometimes, so does a friend of mines, and so do a bunch of others I have heard about. Its not damaging and really nothing much can be done about it from what I have been told.

 

Its typically the first start of the day....before the oil has been fully circulated through the engine.

 

I notice it happens more so during the colder weather season.

 

-Chris

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Simon NPORA Old-Timer

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The only thing that helps with that ticking is using some Lucas Oil Stabilizer. I use about 500ml every second oil change. On the changes where I don't use it, I get the tick. :shrug:

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