Hello fellow CX5 owners,
I have had a 2015 CX-5 Sport with 85K+ miles for about a year now. I bought it used from a local mechanic, and I had 0 complains until 4 months ago where it started to do a consistent ticking noise when cold, it fades away as the car gets hotter (usually around 1 min). Does anyone have an idea what could it be? Here's a video for reference:
I've done regular services since I bought it (0w20 Castrol Edge at first, but the last two I switched to 5w30 Castrol Edge and laser iridium spark plugs), it's always under a garage, I always let it run a couple of mins to get to ideal engine temperature.
I checked with my local mechanic who suggested to replace then entire timing chain kit, and then a friend who owns another CX5 had a similar problem and suggested to do an oil flush because probably the mechanic I bought it from could have used a cheap oil before I got it (10w-30 is what mechanics around here use mostly), I'm just concerned that a flush would do more harm than good.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
I have had a 2015 CX-5 Sport with 85K+ miles for about a year now. I bought it used from a local mechanic, and I had 0 complains until 4 months ago where it started to do a consistent ticking noise when cold, it fades away as the car gets hotter (usually around 1 min). Does anyone have an idea what could it be? Here's a video for reference:
I've done regular services since I bought it (0w20 Castrol Edge at first, but the last two I switched to 5w30 Castrol Edge and laser iridium spark plugs), it's always under a garage, I always let it run a couple of mins to get to ideal engine temperature.
I checked with my local mechanic who suggested to replace then entire timing chain kit, and then a friend who owns another CX5 had a similar problem and suggested to do an oil flush because probably the mechanic I bought it from could have used a cheap oil before I got it (10w-30 is what mechanics around here use mostly), I'm just concerned that a flush would do more harm than good.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
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