Clanking noise
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Asked by Steve Apr 26, 2017 at 02:49 PM about the 2005 Nissan Altima SE-R

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

When I turn on my car it makes a
constant clanking noise and when I
push the throttle down the clanking
noise gets louder and faster what is it

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Rowefast answered 6 years ago

Could be in the starter, I would pull it down and take a look at the starter drive.

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Rowefast answered 6 years ago

That sounds like a rod knock. Is there any oil in the engine?

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Steve answered 6 years ago

I'm pretty sure I might of ran it without oil but by the time I put new oil it was already runed

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Rowefast answered 6 years ago

The bearing are all shot in the engine from not having oil in the engine. Engine now needs to be rebuilt.

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