UKCamaroSS

iTrader: (1)

Hi,

For the last few weeks I have had a reasonably loud and constant ticking sound coming from within the engine bay. It was most noticible with the car running, when standing next to the car - from within the car with the windows up, you could hardly hear it at all.

I have traced the problem to a loose spark plug wire (it was the one one the drivers side, closest to the windshield).

But, now that I have secured the spark plug wire correctly -
what I want to know is, what type of damage could this have caused to the engine - if anything?

Thanks,
UK CamaroSS

LT1-DAN

I doubt you did any damage at all.

99_SS_LS1

iTrader: (4)

Probably not. I had a similar problem, no damage done. It is possible that it could have hurt that coil, since there wasn't a good grounded path for the secondary voltage to travel through, except the component itself.

As long as it's not misfiring it's probably fine

1FST-Z

iTrader: (6)

Hey just outta curiosity, did you happen to throw a code with that loose plug???

ghardester

Yep.

UKCamaroSS

iTrader: (1)

Nope, No code was thrown.

Thanks for all the replies, that's put my mind at rest!