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

 

I doubt you did any damage at all.

 

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

 

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

 

Yep.

 

Nope, No code was thrown.

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