Ticking Options

[pipwud]

I have been eliminating various noises from my car for sometime. Up until now, all issues have been diagnosed and cured. I am now left with a strange ticking noise coming from the area around the throttle body/intake manifold/transmission. I am not definite on which it could be.

The ticking is consistent at idle. When I give it throttle, the ticking accelerates, as expected. If I give it too much throttle to quick, the engine bogs down, but continues to run and levels out.

More importantly, when the clutch is disengaged (my foot is on the pedal) the noise stops. When it is engaged (foot off the pedal) the noise resumes.

I can't come to a conclusion. Please help.

If it matters, I just installed a new clutch, but the noise has been there since before.

This post has been edited by pipwud: Apr 26, 2012 - 6:33 PM

[pipwud]

On a related issue, my car acted out today. For a moment, after I shift up, when I had already engaged the clutch and was givin it throttle, the car would rev up like it was in neutral. There was no momentum gain, the rpm would just shoot up. I shift up again and the problem still occurred. After shutting her down and starting it, the problem subsided.